Great Throughts Treasury

"To get penalized for the misdeed of others."

"To get skilled jobs done by unskilled workers."

"To get unnecessarily involved in squirmishes."

"To give advice to a stupid person."

"To have an enemy within."

"To hear but not to act."

"To ignore one's family and to worship stone idols."

"To indulge in evasive tactics."

"To keep some lacuna in the work."

"To keep the wolf off the door with difficulty."

"To know all secrets about someone."

"To let it in by one ear, and let it out from the other."

"To lose self-esteem, or honor in a society, as a result of some gross misdeed. (This is especially applicable to a gentle and well respected person who is not the actual offender but the shame reflects on him due to social, cultural or a moral anomaly committed by any family member or a close relative.)"

"To make a mountain out of a mole hill."

"To make a mulberry tree out of a pumpkin plant."

"To make living with difficulty."

"To obtain cotton from the stone."

"To obtain favor by deceit, especially by convincing the donor of high returns that never materialize" In contemporary Kashmir History it would be analogous of showing "Rock Salt" to the people!"

"To over feed someone."

"To pester someone."

"To pour oil in raw clay pots."

"To put a pheran (a Kashmiri loose dress) inside out."

"To put saffron in cooking sheep's paunch."

"To receive someone's hospitality and then slander him."

"To roast fish on sky and to eat them."

"To rub one's own blood on oneself."

"To rub salt on the wound."

"To scatter pearls for the cocks."

"To serve a mean person is an unprofitable business."

"To serve a mean person, is to beat the earth."

"To show affection outwardly and to harm when an opportunity arises."

"To show one's fist to a blind man is neither a sin nor a virtue."

"To smell one's own bosom."

"To spend lavishly and not to think about future."

"To sprinkle salt on wounds."

"To stick (to something) like a wet cloth."

"To strike the eyes with fingers."

"To stuff the ear with food."

"To take advantage of someone's misery."

"To take good care of someone."

"To take up a quarrel with someone and to be in more trouble."

"To tease someone."

"To think too much of oneself."

"To thrive under patronage."

"To turn a blind eye to something."

"To turn and mend old clothes."

"To turn one's eyes away from someone."

"To turn the afternoon into an evening."

"To waste good advice on the foolish."

"To waste one's efforts on a naive person."