Where there's muck, there's brass

Hindi translation: कमल कीचड़ में ही खिलता है।

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English term or phrase:Where there's muck, there's brass
Hindi translation:कमल कीचड़ में ही खिलता है।

12:44 Nov 14, 2012
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English term or phrase: Where there's muck, there's brass
Where there's muck, there's brass

कोयले की खान में ही हीरा होता है

Could some one suggest a more suitable translation of the above phrase?
Gurmit Singh
United Kingdom
Local time: 05:23
कमल कीचड़ में ही खिलता है।
Explanation:
तात्‍पर्य यह है कि कम उपयोगी अथवा अनुपयोगी वस्‍तुओं से भी कई बार बहुत अच्‍छी वस्‍तुएं निकल आती है।
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DK Yadav
Local time: 10:53
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Summary of answers provided
4जहाँ मिलावट है वहीं माल है।
Ashutosh Mitra
4कमल कीचड़ में ही खिलता है।
DK Yadav
3कोयले की दलाली में हाथ तो काला होगा ही
Kapil Swami


  

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where there's muck, there's brass
कोयले की दलाली में हाथ तो काला होगा ही


Explanation:
It does not convey meaning accurately of above phrase but when using idioms we may use nearest phrase. Suggestions are welcomed.

Kapil Swami
India
Local time: 10:53
Native speaker of: Hindi
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17 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
where there's muck, there's brass
जहाँ मिलावट है वहीं माल है।


Explanation:
इस मुहावरे की उत्पत्ति को देखते हुये, निम्नलिखित वाक्य मुझे सटीक लगता है -

"जहाँ मिलावट है वहीं माल है"

Please see following link to understand the origin of this saying..
http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/408900.html

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Note added at 17 hrs (2012-11-15 06:05:24 GMT)
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"जहाँ मिलावट है, वहीं माल है"

Ashutosh Mitra
India
Local time: 10:53
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21 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
where there's muck, there's brass
कमल कीचड़ में ही खिलता है।


Explanation:
तात्‍पर्य यह है कि कम उपयोगी अथवा अनुपयोगी वस्‍तुओं से भी कई बार बहुत अच्‍छी वस्‍तुएं निकल आती है।

Example sentence(s):
  • जैसे हीरा कोयले की ही खान से निकलता है।
DK Yadav
Local time: 10:53
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in HindiHindi
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I would like to thank all who have replied.
कमल is a sybbol of purity but in the phrase it says that valuable is found from muck.
Therefore in my view हीरा कोयले की ही खान से निकलता है or की�
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