Pashto Proverbs (پښتو متلونه)

Mother, if I tell the truth, you will beat me anyway!

Eid is not something hidden or secret.

Here is butter for the religious teacher, and secrets kept quiet for him.

O Mullah, do not speak the truth, or you will lose your resting place in the village.

The wicked person eventually brings harm upon their own household.

The friend has not come, and I cannot cheat the stranger.

Ako knows it, and the angels know it.

You gather unlawful gains to feed your hungry children, but what answer will you give to the Creator?

Water for water, milk for milk.

Water does not get muddied right at the spring's head.

The cotton boll opened, and out came the cottonseed.

Even if we burn in fire, we will take truth along with us to God.

If you eat garlic, its odor will certainly come out of your mouth.

The measure remains hidden, but when it is brought to the grain heap, it becomes obvious.

Now it will instantly separate milk from water.

A camel cannot be hidden behind a curtain.

A camel cannot be concealed behind a field ridge.

Can a camel ever be hidden among sheep?

First you break our backs, and then you act all helpless before us?

I will call the unripe fruit raw, even if someone breaks my head for it.

The wicked are always prosperous.

Evil belongs to the evil, and goodness belongs to the good.

The face of a human, the habits of a devil.

A person is defined by their own deeds.