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যেমন কর্ম তেমন ফল (prov) as you sow, so you reap.
কাক কোকিলের সমান দর (prov) inability to discriminate, eg, between good and bad/right and wrong.
কাঙালের ঘোড়া রোগ to be too ambitious in one’s plans; (prov) beggars on horseback will ride to the devil.
কাটা কাটা ঘায়ে নুনের ছিটা (prov) hurting a person’s feelings who is already in pain of some injury; adding insult to injury.
কানা খোঁড়ার একগুণ বাড়া (figurative) when one organ is defective, the others become more active; a worthless person is often full of vanity; (prov) empty vessel sounds much.
কানা ছেলের নাম পদ্মলোচন (prov) giving the name ‘lotus-eyed’ to a blind boy, which is as ridiculous as awarding honours on a worthless person.

গোবরে পদ্মফুল (literally) a lotus on a dunghill; (figurative) a gifted child in a rustic family.
গোলদেওয়া (verb transitive) defeat the opponents; (figurative) make a gain by befooling one.
গোলাম (figurative) a manufactory for producing men of slave-mentality.
গোড়া কেটে আগায় পানি ঢালা (literally) cut a tree to its root and then water the branches to enliven it; (figurative) allow a thing to be ruined wilfully or through negligence and then try to mend it when it is too late.

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