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Art/Literary - Idioms / Maxims / Sayings / Idioms | | Hindi term or phrase: भीगी बिल्ली की तरह | Greetings,
भीगी बिल्ली की तरह is obviously a description of servility. Here’s the full sentence:
बात यह है न, कि खन्ना जी ख़ुद पंजाबी हैं; और उनके सामने प्रकाश एकदम दब जाते हैं – भीगी बिल्ली की तरह !
Please excuse my ignorance about cats – what is servile about a wet cat, please?
Best wishes,
Simon |
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| | English translation:Like a whipped dog | Explanation:
Cats are supposed to not like water. So when a cat is made wet, it feels extremely uncomfortable, sorry for itself and utterly servile.
The corresponding English proverb/idiom is like a whipped dog. |
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  Balasubramaniam L.
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4 mins confidence:   peer agreement (net): +1 Like a whipped dog
Explanation:
Cats are supposed to not like water. So when a cat is made wet, it feels extremely uncomfortable, sorry for itself and utterly servile.
The corresponding English proverb/idiom is like a whipped dog.
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15 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): +2 to be very meek and quiet (भीगी बिल्ली बनना)
Explanation:
भीगी बिल्ली बनना
-to be very meek and quiet
-to behave in too submissive a manner
(Hindi-English Dictionary, Aliied Publishers, India)
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