Oct 3, 2004 11:59
19 yrs ago
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Hindi term

Genhu ke saath ghun bhi pis jata hai

Hindi to English Art/Literary Poetry & Literature Literary
This is a very common proverb or adage of Hindi Language. I just want to know if there any equivalent or almost equivalent English adage available for the same...

Needless to say, the word to word translation will be entirely of no help....

Thanks & Regards,

Vivek

Proposed translations

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When bulls fight, crops suffer

This appears to be the one of the nearest English idiom/proverb for the above expression. This is used when one has to suffer for none of his fault. Here bulls are fighting with each other but causing damage to the crops.

Hope this helps.

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Note added at 2 hrs 8 mins (2004-10-03 14:08:19 GMT)
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Grammatical error : Please read \"idioms/proverbs\" in place of \"idiom/proverb\" above.

उपर्युक्त लोकोक्ति का प्रायः उस समय उपयोग किया जाता है जब किसी निर्दोष को अकारण ही कष्ट झेलना पड़े
Peer comment(s):

neutral Ritu Bhanot : That's what it says in the dictionary but somehow it's not quite correct!!!
1 hr
Thanks for your observation.It's usually very difficult to locate a proverb of the same connotations in a different language due to the cultural and linguistic differences.However,we can still try to replace it with the nearest equivalent.
agree truptee : "when the bulls fight, the GRASS suffers"
1 hr
Thanks for the variant!
agree pucoug (X) : This is a pretty good English equivalent
3 hrs
Thanks for your confirmation!
agree Asghar Bhatti : good one.
5 hrs
Thank you!
agree satish krishna itikela
14 hrs
> Thank you!
agree nlingua
1 day 3 hrs
Thank you!
agree Tahir
4 days
Thank you!
agree keshab
6 days
Thank you!
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Graded automatically based on peer agreement."
+1
3 hrs

Death is the great leveler

Genhu ke saath ghun bhi pis jata hai implies that even innocent are punished alongwith culprits so if you take the sense then this proverb may be of use...
Peer comment(s):

agree Asghar Bhatti : another shade.
3 hrs
Thanks
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