Native hindi speakers;Come up with animal metaphor

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Posted: 14 years ago

Dear Members,

I am in desperate help, I can speak Hindi but Iam not a native speaker, therefore I need your help to give me some metaphors that deal with animals, for example in english you can say that "He is a Chicken" there are are a lot of these kind of metaphors in hindi, so please guys I have this big priject in cultural differences; animal metaphors, a comparison between hindi and english.... write as many animal metaphors that you know... negative or possitive...

Really Really appreciate if someone can help with this....

Thanks!

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cyrine

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Posted: 14 years ago

Okay.... just to get started.... an example..

Bandar kya jaane adark ka swaad

English : What does a monkey know of the taste of ginger?
Meaning : someone who can't understand can't appreciate.