1. Ahang bei leh
ahang piang.
Water, fire and soldiers
quickly make room.
A good Jacek makes a good
Jill
Youngmen may die, old men must
2. Ahing a van kai om lo.
There is no one going to
heaven in a sedan.
3. Asi masa puan tuam tang.
The early bird catches the worm.
4. Azu ava in zong bu nei.
Foxes have holes and birds
have nets.
5. Azu ava in zong nek(an) zong.
Anything for a quiet life.
Everyman to his for his trade.
6. Aisa a nu phei pai, a no zong phei pai.
As the old crock crows, the young
ones learn.
7. Aisa banga guh pua nung.
As lean as a rake.
8. Aisa-kua han, tapkual han.
A cock is bold on his own
dunghill.
A don is a lion at home.
A bully is always a coward.
9. Aisa kop bang.
Let’s go hand in hand, not one
before another.(Shakespkare)
The family is more sacred than
the state.
(Pope Pius XI)
10. Aisa lo-ngek-a zol bang.
A good example is the best
sermon.
11. Aimit deh bang.
As calm as a clock.
As quiet as a mouse.
As dead as a mutton.
12. Ak banga muhtawm ne.
A bargain is a bargaih.
Easy come, easy go.
13. Akgeh puksi ding bang.
As melancholy as a sick
monkey.
As sick as a dog.
14. Akgeh zawngkhal bang.
As poor as a churchmouse.
As poor as job.
15. Ak gilgal bang.
Losers are always in the
wrong.
Idleness is the roof of evil.
16. Ak gul mu bang.
It is good to be ware by other
men’s harms.
Evil to him that evil thinks.
17. Ak khaguh-a sai man.
If there’s a way, there is a
way.
Necessity is the mother of
invention.
18. Ak ihmu bang.
Ever sick of the slothful
guise,
loth to bed and loth to rise
19. Ak kiho (kihuau) bang.
Were ther no hearers, there
would be no backbiters.
`What the heart thinks, the
tongues speak.
20. Aklui khuang tah ci-a akpi khuang.
A fool may give a wise man
counsel.
All the truths are not to be
told.
21. Akno si zong paupal bang.(paubang om)
Better be ill spoken of by one
before one.
22. Akno tuikia bang.
It is hard to be wretches, but
worse to be known so.
23. Ak-p tuakkhia sangak tuak.
It is a silly goose that comes
to the fox’s sermon.
Ill comes in ells and goes out
by inches.
24. Akpi to sel bang.
As proud as a peacock.
25. Akpi nawi hawm bang.
Who gives to all, denies all.
Be must before you are
generous.
26. Akpi hangsan bang.
A storm in a teacup.
27. Akpi lei phiat bang.
Scatter with one hand, gather
with two.
Wilful waste makes woeful
want.
28. Akpi leiphiat zong nuamtuam.
Better five a shilling than
lend half a crown.
29. Akta duhgawh kilawh khup.
All covet, all loose.
He is not poor that hath
little, but he that desireth much.
30. Akta mangkuan ki tutu.
As sore fight wrens as cranes.
Pride comes before a fall.
31. Akpi tui lai suam leh sila suam.
To kill the goose that lays
the golden eggs.
32. Aktui sung-a vom ding leh akang ding kithei
lo.
There is many a fair thing
found false.
There is luck in old numbers.
33. Aktawphun bang.
Gossiping and lying go
together.
34. Ak taang tawm bang.
In for penny, in for a pound.
35. Akpi khuang in khua vak lo.
A whistling woman and a
crowing hen are neither fit for God nor man.
36. Akhau en li aitang en.
The bait hides the hook.
Have an eye to the main
chance.
37. Asi ming sisi, mincim mong cimcim.
Misfortune never comes singly.
38. An phul cinlah meibuak mit.
Conceited goods are quickly
spent.
Clergymen’s sons always turn
out badly.
39. An nene puksi om lo.
A growing wouth has a wolf in
his belly.
Children and chicken must be
always picking.
The table robs more than the
thief.
40. Ankhing suah kik sadiak.
Soon hot, soon cold.
Wood half-hurnt is easily
kindled.
Cold pudding settles love.
41. Baaibek zingtho bang.
As neat as a new pin.
He that riseth first is first
dressed.
42. Baak tawh kibang.
Be a friend to thyself and
others will befriend thee.
As changeable as the bats.
He has a great need of a fool
that plays the fool himself.
43. Baak vaat bang.
A short life and a merry one.
Small rains lays great dust.
44. Baal leh numei in lim hun nei.
A wife brings two good days;
her wedding day and death day.
Beauty is the first present
nature gives to women, and the first it takes
away.
Beauty is but skin deep.
45. Baalteh tunga tui tak bang.
Like water off a duck’s back.
As slippery as an eel.
46. Baangkua kaan zo gatang thawl.
A fair bride is soon buskit
(dressed).
A fair bonny bride is soon
dressed.
47. Bawmta gal suak.
Too much taking heed is loss.
Friends are like
fiddle-strings, they must not be screwed too
fight.
Eltu bruths.
48. Bawmsia leh patmu (Putekpi leh numeino kiteng
kituak lo).
He that doth what he will doth
not what he ought.
49. Bawng (Lawi) nuak bang.
As stubborn as a mule.
50. Beelgong heek leh thei vatuk.
(Beelgong heek a guan zukhum
veve, vasa i tuk bang thei khum veve).
A lisping lass is good to
kiss.
51. Beelto leh khuaisak (hampha).
He is a good man whom fortune
makes better.
A little house well-filled, a
little land well-tilled, and a little wife well-willed.
52. Beeltaw heng paih ngeina.
Circumstance alter cases.
Every sin brings its
punishment with it.
53. Beli thok nawn gah zaw thei.
(Zikik’tate daupai
thei zaw)
Widows’children usually turn
out well.
54. Biangvai tung bang (Vai kidawn gamlum keei).
As merry as crickets as merry
as grigs.
It it merry when gossip meets.
55. Boih in ka meii tu’n teh tong ning ci, a meii
tongh semsem.
Everyman is the architect of
his own fortune.
He that desires honour is not
worthy of honour.
He that counts all counts will
ne’er put plough in the earth.
56. Bui aphaak kuan a tawp.
Do not meet troubles half-way.
A little of everything is
nothing in the main.
57. Buipi lei kei(pet) in zong khua
ngai(sung).
Difference is the right eye of
prudence.
58. Buipi suangzawl tuak bang(khawlcip).
He may ill turn that can not
go(walk).
59. Bul kilok lodawn kilok.
He that hath no ill fortune is
trouble with good.
The body is soon dressed than
the soul.
60. Bokthok Kawl a taalah.
Two fools in one house are too
many.
Nobody will go to hell for
company.
61. Ci nana sihphut, veih paipai ek phut.
Mischief comes by the pound
and goes away by the ounce.
Death keeps no calendar.
62. Caihkuan baal em, teekkuan zi neih.
A goodthing is soon smatched
up.
63. Ciamnuih gal suak.
Misfortune comes on wings and
depart on foot.
Death’s day is doom’s day.
64. Ciam paltuak bang. (Tawmvei sung asipak).
Meat begins and mass hinder’s
journey.
65. Ciimnuai-a sa kibak Geltui ah kithuk.
Charity begins at home.
Meat and mass hinder no man’s
journey.
Love locks no cupboard.
Love lives in cottages as well
as in courts.
66. Numei khuaval akek kawi nuihsan.
Covetouesness brings nothing
home.
Kindness can not be bought for
goods.
Every ass loves to hear
himself bray.
67. Cingh lo selua a beel a but.
A forced kindness deserves no
thanks.
As your wedding-ring wears,
your care will wear away.
69. Cianghkot leh mankhawng kituak (Mualciangh
leh sa siahna kituak).
Every shoe fits not every
foot.
He that gains well and spends
well needs no account book.
70. Cihnang thei lo sial a vui.
Provide for the worst, the
best will save itself.
A drowning man will catch a
straw.
71. Cilteh lo-in sailungtang kihual theilo (Thupi
gending zu phamawh).
Spit in your hands and take
better hold.
A good beginning makes a good
ending.
72. Cit leh siam val lo.
Kindness cannot be bought for
goods.
When a man is befriended, the
law is ended.
A good conscience is a
continual feast.
A good name keeps its lustre
in the dark.
73. Cit leh siam top theih, melhoih to mawh.
Beauty without bounty avails
nought.
Beauty without virtue is
nothing.
Beauty is power, smile is the
sword.
A thing of beauty is a joy
forever.
Kindness, like grain,
increases by sowing.
74. Ciikpi tawh kibang (zuauzuau).
As shrewd as a shrew.
75. Dah-a si om lo.
Dangers are overcome by
dangers.
There is no medicine for fear.
Dangers and delight grow on
one stock.
76. Dahpa-khuang neih bang.
Have God and have all.
77. Dahpa lokhawh bang.
Lazy folks take the most pain.
He begins to die that quits
his desires.
78. Dahpa taptung kalh.
Idle people have the least
leisure.
Idleness makes the wit rust.
Idleness is the rootof all
evil.
Idleness is the parent of all
vice.
79. Daideek bang.
Great boast, small roast.
80. Dai keel hong lo Kawl pha.
Diligence is the mother of
good luck.
81. Deek-a tuktum zong gal suak.
Everything is the worst for
wearing.
He brings a staff to break his
own neck.
82. Deih teel a val.
You are of so many minds, you
will never ger married.
If
you will never get married.
If you always say No! you’ll
never be married.
A maiden with too many wooer
soften chooses the worst.
83. Duh selua kikaang koih.
Delays are dangerous.
Will is the cause of woe.
84. Duh selua lawhciang kikhup.
Covetousness bursts the sack.
85. Duh omna leh ngaih omna.
Greedy folks have long arms.
Love is blind. Love is
lawless.
86. Duh leh phaak ki-iim mawh.
Love and cough cannot be hid.
Love laughs at locksmith.
87. Duhhop samal man (mi sa-matsa va delh).
Gluttony kills more than the
sword.
He that does bidding deserves
no dinging (beating).
88. Dot ding nei lo singbul dong.
If you wish good advice,
consult old men.
89. Ekkawng gei bang.
Draft is good enough gor
swine. Ill will never said well.
90. Ek nusiat bang.
Eaten bread is forgotten.
As melancholy as a cat.
91. Ek tamlua vok in gai lo.
More than enough is too much.
92. Galhang gal-a si, sa-a hang sa-a si, keen-a
hang keen-a si.
Each cross hath its own
inscription.
Fate leads the willing but
drives the stubborn.
93. Gallu kihta gallu tuak.
Out of the frying pan into the
fire.
94. Gal phawn kuan leh matut kuan.
Take time while time is, for
time will fly away.
Take time by the forelock.
95. Gam-sai mat nang inn-sai zang.
Throw a sprat to catch a
whale.
96. Gataam thuk sangin khuaizu in tho awk zaw.
Love makes all hearts gentle.
Love and business teach
eloquence.
97. Gatang khat in Kawl denna.
Truth fears no colours.
A word is enough to the wise.
98. Gangpil leh uipil kiman thei lo.
You can’t catch old birds with
chaff.
A fox is not taken twice in
the same snare.
99. Gang muang-a gang tawh lum.
He that believes all, misses
all.
Beware of the fore part of a
women, the hind part of a mule and all sides of a
priest.
100. Giahbuk sing tom (muh peuhpeuh tawm mai).
To make ends meet.
To lay up for rainy day.
101. Gilpi leh sakhau (a ta-lah om lo)
A beggar’s purse is
bottomless.
The sea refuses no rain.
102. Gitta tuk tun.
A good thing is soon snatched
up.
A little good is soon spent.
103. Gip zong leh khuai zong kituak.
A dry May and a dripping June
bring all things
into
tune.
If the cap fits, wear it.
104. Guahsia zuzu pangciing dok, guahsia zuzu
baal pang khawng(gai).
They must hunger in frost that
will not work in heat.
105. Guapi kui tung lua paak tong thei.
Those who exalted themselves
shall be abased.
Pride comes before a fall.
He that promises too much
means nothing.
106. Gul (lei-a) tum si lo, mi a tum si lo.
He that bewails himself hath
the cure in his hands.
107. Gul hileh a deek tuzo tanteh.
If bed could tell all it
knows, it would put many to the blush.
108. Gul tul lo in a gu kithei lo.
He that bites on every weed
must need light on poison.
109. Guta suan khial leh meima phualsel.
He that hath a head of wax
must not walk in the sun.
110. Gul in ka mei hong sik henla ke’n tuleng.
When the fox preaches, beware
of the geese.
111. Hakai pahtak lung heng.
He that praise himself
spattered himself.
Truth and roses have throns
about them.
Truth hath a good face but bad
cloths.
112. Hakai luphum bang.
He can ill be master that
never was a scholar.
113. Hangta sakuang bah.
Fortune favours the bold.
Virtue is its own reward.
War is death’s feast.
114. Hausa khualzin bang.
He who commands many things
finishes but few.
A great ship askes deep water.
115. Hausa sialmei let.
The cat would eat fish but
would not wet her feet.
The lion is not so fierce as
he is painted.
116. Hausa thu leh naupang thu.
Man in general, are but great
children.
(Napolean)
117. Hausa ziak in tuikuang baan.
If a good man thrives, all
thrives with him.
118. Hawmsiam nungta, nebup si.
He is unworthy to live who
lives for himself.
He lives long who lives well.
119. Hampha a si om lo.
He is rich enough that wants
nothing.
Life lies not in living but in
liking.
120. Heh selua nuihsak.
He that is angry without cause
must be pleased
without
amends.
121. Hikpi cipkhap zong bang lo.
A storm in a teacup.
All my eye and all humbug.
122. Hikpi cipkhap zong nuam tuam.
A bit in the morning is better
than none at all.
A leg of lark is better than a
body of a kite.
Half a loaf is better than no
bread.
123. Humpi cimawh in zong piauneel baak.
A lion may be beholden a
mouse.
