• Jas per jootiya (instead of getting glory, you get hit with shoes)

 

• Sasoo no santaap ne dhanee per rooab (has problems with mother-in-law & bosses the husband around)

 

• Dhoraila doodh per baraapo (crying over spilled milk)

 

• Dharam na naame dhating (false pretenses in the name of religion)

 

• Khaali chano vaage ghano (empty bean makes more noise)

 

• Konna baap ni diwali (at whose father’s expense are these celebrations?)

 

• Taare mohne saakar (may there be rock candy in your mouth)(may good things happen as you are saying)

 

• Haswaa ma khaswu thayu (the joke backfired)

 

• Bhejaa no dahi (yogurt made from brain)(driving one crazy with behavior or talking)

 

• Kaag nu beswu ne dar nu parvu thayu (branch broke just as the crow sat on it)(unfortunate coincidence)

 

• Miya maada ne tangri oochi (a moslem man is sick but keeps leg up)(not doing well but still showing off)

 

• Khaay tenooj khode (digs grave for the one who feeds him)(is disloyal

 

• Aaandhre behroo kutyoo (to do something even if one is deaf & blind; incapable))

 

• Hoosna pari jevo dekhaav (appearance of a gorgeous fairy)

 

• Khissa khaali ne bhapkaa bhaari (pockets empty but styling is grand)

 

 

• Laakh na baar hajar kidha (made 12,000 from 100,000; did loosing busin

 

• Bhaste giya – taaroo nakhhod jai (you hellbound – may you be totally destroyed)

 

• Manashni ne bhalai na kaam no badlo jaroor malse (will be rewarded for deeds done with good thoughts & humility)
• Maara kaleja na katka (piece of my liver)(a term of endearment by comparing with own body part)

 

• Daajhya per daam (hot branding iron on top of the burn spot)(insult to injury)

 

• Thandaa maatla jevo sabhaav (disposition like a cool water jug)(does not get rattled easily)
• Thande kaleje vichaar karjo (think with cool liver)(think calmly)

 

• Kutra ni puchri koi divas siddhhi nahi thaay (dog’s tail never straightens out)(too late to change)

 

• Sanghrelo saap bi koi divas kaam aave (even a stored snake may come handy some day)(think before throwing away)

 

• Daajheloo maanas dahi bi fooki ne piye (a once burned person consumes even the yogurt after blowing on it)

 

• Naachvoo nahi ne aangoo vaaku (nu bahanu) (crooked floor is used as an excuse for not wanting to dance)

 

• Mehel joi ne jhoopri naa toro (do not destroy your hut after seeing a palace)

 

 

Courtesy : Aspi Wadia