నా చెవులూ కంసాలే కుట్టాడు.

na chevulu kamsale kuttadu.

Translation

The goldsmith himself pierced my ears.

Meaning

This expression is used to convey that someone is highly experienced, clever, or not easily deceived. By saying a 'goldsmith' (a professional expert) did the piercing, the speaker implies they have been seasoned by experts or have seen enough of the world to know better than to be fooled.

Related Phrases

When a child was finally born after a long wait, the father asked for a crowbar to pierce the ears.

This proverb is used to describe a situation where someone overdoes or exaggerates a simple task out of excessive excitement or foolishness. It mocks people who, after waiting a long time for something, handle the result with extreme or inappropriate measures instead of using common sense.

When a beloved child is born, piercing the ears with a crowbar.

This proverb describes a situation where someone's extreme affection or over-enthusiasm actually leads to harming the person they love. It is used when a task is handled with excessive force or inappropriate tools in an attempt to be extra careful or special, resulting in a disaster instead of a benefit.

The goldsmith pierced my ears too

This expression is used sarcastically to indicate that the speaker is not a fool and cannot be easily deceived. By saying 'the same goldsmith pierced my ears too', the speaker implies they have as much experience, wisdom, or sharpness as the person trying to trick them.

The long desired child has been born, fetch a crow-bar and I will bore its ears.

This proverb is used to mock people who act with excessive, inappropriate, or destructive zeal. When something rare or precious happens, one should treat it with care. Using a heavy tool like a crowbar for a delicate task like ear-piercing symbolizes a lack of common sense or an overreaction that ruins the very thing being celebrated.

Ridiculing unusual and extraordinary care being taken of any thing not worthy of it.

The man who tears [the ornaments out of] his mother's ears, will not care a rush for the ears of his great-grand- mother.

This proverb is used to describe a person who is so hardened or wicked that they have already committed a grave sin or major crime, making a smaller offense seem insignificant to them. It implies that once someone has crossed a major moral boundary (like harming their own mother), they will not hesitate to commit further, even smaller, wrongs against others.

To a person who has torn off his own mother's ears, his aunt's ears are like ridge gourd flowers.

This proverb describes a person who is so cruel or heartless that they have harmed their own closest kin. For such a person, harming others (like an aunt or distant relative) is a trivial matter. It is used to warn others about a person's character; if someone doesn't spare their own family, they certainly won't spare you.

Like giving legs to a story and ears to a pot.

This expression describes the act of exaggerating a story or fabricating unnecessary details to make a simple event sound more dramatic or believable. It is used when someone adds 'spices' or false information to a basic fact, making the narrative unrealistic or distorted.

[Having heard that] they bore in Malayâlam, she covered up her ears all the way from Mâyavaram.

This proverb describes someone who is overly anxious or paranoid. It refers to a person who takes extreme, unnecessary precautions far in advance or at a great distance out of irrational fear of a potential event. It is used to mock those who overreact to rumors or distant threats.

Mâyavaram is near Combaconum.

The spinning wheel has two ears, and I have two ears.

This proverb is used to describe a situation where someone claims equality with another person or object based on a very superficial or irrelevant similarity, while ignoring the vast difference in status, function, or utility. It highlights a false or absurd comparison.

If a professional sews, the ears will not hurt.

This proverb implies that when a task is performed by a skilled professional or an expert in the field, it is done smoothly without causing any trouble or pain. It emphasizes the importance of expertise and craftsmanship.