बगल मे छोरा, शहर मे ढींढोरा !

English translation: what you are looking for is right under your nose

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Hindi term or phrase:	बगल मे छोरा, शहर मे ढींढोरा !
English translation:	what you are looking for is right under your nose
Entered by:	Mrudula Tambe

08:11 Aug 4, 2008

Hindi to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature / Proverb

Hindi term or phrase: बगल मे छोरा, शहर मे ढींढोरा !

Please do not give the meaning. All I want is the proverb in English expressing the same meaning if you know any. I take pleasure in thanking you in advance.

Mrudula Tambe KudoZ activity Questions: 103 (5 open) (13 closed without grading) Answers: 151 India
Local time: 13:20

what you are looking for is right under your nose

Explanation:
it's not exactly a proverb but it's an idiom (right under your nose) that expresses the concept quite welhttp://www.google.it/search?hl=it&q=right under your nose&bt...

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Always happy to be of use!

Selected response from:

Shera Lyn Parpia
Italy
Local time: 08:50

Grading comment

Thanks. It sounds good. Also Thank you on behalf of famous Telugu Director, Vinay Varma as this query was from him for his drama writing.
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what you are looking for is right under your nose

Shera Lyn Parpia

To have a thing in one's pocket yet to look all around for it

chandrakanth yargop

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To have a thing in one's pocket yet to look all around for it

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chandrakanth yargop
Local time: 13:20
Native speaker of:

Hindi,

Kannada

1 hr confidence:

peer agreement (net): +4

what you are looking for is right under your nose

Shera Lyn Parpia
Italy
Local time: 08:50
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 12

Grading comment

Thanks. It sounds good. Also Thank you on behalf of famous Telugu Director, Vinay Varma as this query was from him for his drama writing.

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बगल मे छोरा, शहर मे ढींढोरा !

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