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Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth

Hindi translation:

दान की बछिया के दाँत नहीं देखे जाते

Added to glossary by Tushar Deep
Mar 9, 2015 21:18
9 yrs ago
English term

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth

English to Hindi Art/Literary Poetry & Literature
Grandpa was like that. He cautioned, "Don't look a gift horse in the mouth."...

Any suggestions would be welcome.
Proposed translations (Hindi)
4 +6 दान की बछिया के दाँत नहीं देखे जाते
5 +4 दान की बछिया के दांत नहीं गिने जाते
4 +1 उपहार मिलने पर अकृतज्ञ न बनें / किसी के द्वारा की गई भलाई को न भूलें
5 दान की बछिया के दांत नहीं गिने जाते
Change log

Mar 11, 2015 13:50: Tushar Deep Created KOG entry

Mar 11, 2015 13:50: Tushar Deep changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/2037583">Tushar Deep's</a> old entry - "Don't look a gift horse in the mouth"" to ""दान की बछिया के दाँत नहीं देखे जाते""

Proposed translations

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दान की बछिया के दाँत नहीं देखे जाते

I think that is what it means.
Peer comment(s):
agree Atiquzzama Khan
14 mins
Thanks!
agree Somnath Dey
6 hrs
Thanks!
agree Nitin Goyal
6 hrs
agree Pawan Kumar Chandigarhia : बहुत बढ़िया
13 hrs
Dhanyavaad, Sir! :)
agree Ramesh Bhatt
13 hrs
agree Yasser Shaikh : Most accurate.
18 hrs
Thanks!
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+1
3 mins
English term (edited): don\'t look a gift horse in the mouth

उपहार मिलने पर अकृतज्ञ न बनें / किसी के द्वारा की गई भलाई को न भूलें

Reference:

http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/dont-look-a-gift-horse-in-the-mouth.html

Peer comment(s):
agree Tushar Deep
16 hrs
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+4
1 hr

दान की बछिया के दांत नहीं गिने जाते

When you receive a calf in charity, you do not count it's teeth. It means that beggars are not choosers or have no right to criticize a thing received in charity.
Peer comment(s):
agree Nitin Goyal
4 hrs
agree Ashutosh Mitra : सही मुहावरे में गिनना ही उपयोग होता है...सहमत
4 hrs
agree Aakash5555
11 hrs
agree Ramesh Bhatt
12 hrs
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17 hrs

दान की बछिया के दांत नहीं गिने जाते

whatever gift you receive, accept it humbly without making any hue and cry.
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