Literal translation
Idleness grows pregnant and gives birth to poverty.
Contextual meaning
What it means
Idleness grows pregnant and gives birth to poverty.
When people use it
In everyday life
Catalogued as a traditional Pashto saying. Its regional context and usage still require specialist review.
Editorial record
Source and status
- Source
- Analysing Deep Meaning of Proverbs in Pashto Language, p. 787, citing Hemat 2014, p. 223. https://www.randwickresearch.com/index.php/rielsj/article/download/1263/1591/