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Mog'ul di-shith gaxhi fa-rsi pho-run, byo-r di-shith gaxhi bishti' pho-run

While in Rome do as the Romans do.

Mali' sinz ga'-nt'h hala-l karin

To authenticate in authenticity for selfish motives, especially by convincing people through concocted or misrepresented parables.

Mu-sas kappas vanen

Trading tricks with the trick master, from whom the art is learnt.

me:ko: ni:ki: kar, bad labi pa:nay
O good man, do good; the wicked will receive his own due.
Be good and do good.

mA:j kara:n "ku:r' ku:r', ku:r kara:n "rA:ni rA:ni"
The mother keeps on caring for her daughter, while the daughter keeps on craving for her husdand.

"mA:j vohva:n chumnI ka:~h."
"potrI vati peTh beh."
"O mother, no one abuses me."
"Go and sit on the roadside."
Ask for problems and you will get them.

matev An' n>sh s> ti dra:yi mAtsIy
The family of madmen brought a daughter-in-law, she also turned out to be mad.
Birds of the same feather flock together.

manTini leji pa:~zuv
To cook six pounds in a pot which has capacity for three pounds only.
Mismanagement.

mandn'an sha:m gatshun
To turn the afternoon into an evening.
To be caught in a complex problem.
A hard blow.

ma:ji nI lakcI, tI se:ta:ras gila:ph
The mother hasn't a piece of cloth to put on, but the sitar has a covering.
Inappropriate expenditure.

ma:ji hund nI bo:y, ko:ri hund ma:m
If one is not mother's brother, how can he be the daughter's (maternal) uncle?
Relations are to be maintained and not just imposed.
Strained relations.

ma:li muphut tI dili be:rAham
Property by gift and a heart without mercy.
One does not value items received free or in gift.

muphtuk shara:b chu ka:zev co:mut
The free liquor has been taken even by religious judges.
Free things, good or bad, are accepted by all.