Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Hindi term or phrase:
हाथ सुमिरनी पेट कतरनी
English translation:
Pretending to count The Beads while Concealing A Dagger In The Breast
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Parvathi Pappu
May 6, 2015 16:22
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Hindi term
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हाथ सुमिरनी पेट कतरनी
Hindi to English
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दादी कहती थीं, "हाथ सुमिरनी पेट कतरनी।"
This comes from a novel to be translated primarily for an English audience.
This comes from a novel to be translated primarily for an English audience.
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Parvathi Pappu
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India
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India
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Native in: English
Works in: English to Hindi, Hindi, Hindi to English, and 4 more.
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Pretending to count The Beads while Concealing A Dagger In The Breast
Pretending to count The Beads while Concealing A Dagger In The Breast
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Balasubramaniam L.
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India
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Works in: English to Hindi, Hindi
Wolf in sheep's clothing/Beads in the hand, devil in the heart
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Rajan Chopra
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Ramesh Bhatt
: "Wolf in sheep's clothing" is the appropriate one.
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Piyush Ojha
: I prefer 'beads in the hand, devil in the heart'. Expresses the idea perfectly.
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Speaking with a forked tongue
"Speaking with a forked tongue" is a common English idiom for duplicitous behaviour.
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/forked-to...
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/forked-to...
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The devil speaks with a forked tongue.
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