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This expression is used to describe a person who reacts with unnecessary hostility or anger to a kind offer or a helpful suggestion. It highlights a character that is ungrateful, perverse, or aggressive in nature.

This proverb describes a selfish or miserly person who finds it painful to spend their own money (comparing it to the pungent, sharp taste of ginger) but finds great sweetness and pleasure in spending or using others' resources (comparing it to the sweetness of jaggery).

This proverb highlights that simply hoarding or saving money is useless if it is not used for one's sustenance or basic needs. It is often used to criticize extreme stinginess or to remind people that the primary purpose of earning is to provide for oneself and others.

This proverb describes a hypocritical and selfish attitude where a person treats others' belongings as cheap or easily disposable while considering their own possessions as sacred and untouchable. It is used to criticize people who are extravagant with others' money but extremely stingy with their own.

This proverb is used to defend someone's character when they find something by chance rather than stealing it. It suggests that finding lost property accidentally does not make a person a criminal or a thief.

This proverb describes a hypocritical or selfish attitude towards money and resources. It refers to a person who is very stingy and careful when spending their own money (saving it for later), but very reckless or eager when spending money belonging to others. It is used to criticize someone who takes advantage of others' generosity while being miserly themselves.

This proverb highlights that in a world without justice or order, resources and wealth are often seized by the powerful rather than being held by those who are peaceful or scholarly. It is used to describe situations where 'might is right' and the vulnerable lose their belongings to the influential.

This proverb warns that taking or coveting wealth that belongs to others brings bad luck or misfortune. It emphasizes that ill-gotten gains or money belonging to others will never bring true happiness or prosperity to the one who takes it, often used to teach integrity and honesty.

This expression is used to sarcastically question someone who is overly concerned or distressed about something that doesn't belong to them or doesn't cost them anything. It implies that since the person didn't work for it or own it, they have no right or reason to feel so much pain or possessiveness over its loss or usage.

This expression is used to defend someone's character when they find something by chance. It implies that discovering lost property does not make the finder a thief, or more broadly, that one shouldn't be blamed for a situation they didn't intentionally create.