दीये तले अँधेरा: meaning & examples

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Language: Hindi

Meanings:

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    • A proverb meaning that people often fail to notice problems or obvious facts that are very close to them.

    Examples

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    • कई बार हम अपने घर में दीये तले अँधेरा देखते हैं और समस्या को नजरअंदाज कर देते हैं।

      Many times we fail to notice problems close to us, just like darkness beneath a lamp.

    • सरकार के भ्रष्टाचार के सामने आम जनता दीये तले अँधेरा की स्थिति में है।

      The common people are in a situation of ignoring obvious corruption by the government, like darkness beneath a lamp.

    • अपने दोस्तों के बीच वह दीये तले अँधेरा साबित हुआ, क्योंकि उसने उनकी मदद नहीं की।

      He proved to be like darkness beneath a lamp among his friends because he did not help them.

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    • Darkness beneath a lamp; the literal contrast of a light source failing to illuminate its immediate surroundings.

    Examples

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    • दीया जलाने के बावजूद कमरे के कोने में दीये तले अँधेरा छाया हुआ था।

      Despite lighting the lamp, darkness prevailed beneath the lamp in the corner of the room.

    • रात को दीयों के नीचे दीये तले अँधेरा होता है, इसलिए हमें अधिक दीये लगाने चाहिए।

      At night, there is darkness beneath the lamps under the lamps, so we should light more lamps.

    • मंदिर में दीया जलाने के बाद भी दीये तले अँधेरा साफ दिख रहा था।

      Even after lighting the lamp in the temple, the darkness beneath the lamp was clearly visible.

    • दीये तले अँधेरा इसलिए होता है क्योंकि प्रकाश ठीक से नीचे नहीं पहुंचता।

      Darkness beneath a lamp occurs because the light does not reach properly downwards.

Examples:

  • HI: कि ना दीये तले अँधेरा हो,
    EN: (The height of the cloud deck is not known.)
    EN: is not the darkness of the tomb,

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