One individual can ruin a whole community.
What is the use of relations who do not help you when your door is broken.
Poverty is lighter than cotton.
Metaphorical statements are more numerous and are best considered according to the matter involved such as honesty, thrift, folly, knavery, natural disposition, ingratitude, luck, hypocrisy; and the following are some typical examples:—
When the king takes the wife to whom is the poor man to complain.
You may escape from the god Saman Deviyo but you cannot escape his servant Amangallâ.
There is certain to be a hailstorm when the unlucky man gets his head shaved.
The teeth of the dog that barks at the lucky man will fall out.
On a lucky day you can catch fish with twine; but on an unlucky day the fish will break even chains of iron.
The water in an unfilled pot makes a noise.