(RICE)Sayings

Sayings

(RICE)Sayings

• In the state of Andhra Pradesh, India, there is a saying in Telugu, "Annam Parabrahma Swaroopam" which means 'Rice (Food) is a form of God'.
• The expression for eating a meal in Burmese, "Htamin Sar" means to eat rice. It is similar in the Thai "gin kow". Vietnamese use the phrase "ăn cơm" in the same way, as do Bengali people use the phrase "bhat khaowa".
• Bengali people identify themselves as 'Bengali by rice and fish', alluding to their collective food habit.
• A proverbial saying in Japan states: "The farmer spends eighty-eight efforts on rice from planting to crop." This teaches the sense of mottainai and gratitude for the farmer and for rice itself.^[93]
• There is a Sri Lankan saying, 'deyyange haal kawila', meaning 'having eaten God's rice'. This is used to explain a crazy person or his actions in general with humour. The reasoning behind this is that when the rice harvest is collected, a small fraction of the best part is dedicated to the gods and that is sacred - if a person eats that, they will be afflicted with curses and lose mental stability/act crazy.
• The Korean term for meals is "bap 밥" which means rice. It is equivalent to the Japanese word "meshi めし" which also means rice. Both of which are also equivalent to the Chinese word "fan 飯" which also means rice.
• Hmong culture has a saying, "annokao bin biao", literally "grains of rice", which is a metaphor for great effort or exertion.
• In the Philippines and Malaysia there is an expression "One grain of rice equals one bead of sweat". This expression is meant to encourage appreciation of the high level of labour involved in the production of the rice and of food in general and to discourage wasting it.
• In Costa Rica there is a popular expression "arroz con mango", which literally means, "rice with mango", that it's used to denote an absurd or nonsensical situation. This, because in Costa Rican cuisine rice is a main dish and mango, being a sweet fruit (and often used as a dessert) are never supposed to mix or even mingle in any kind of dish.
• In Puerto rico there is a popular expression "Estás como el arroz blanco", which means "you are like white rice". White rice is most popular way of cooking rice in Puerto Rico. So it means that you are everywhere, popular, highly sought.
• In Indonesia there is a very famous saying which goes 'Like the life of rice, when full bends down; when empty, stands up'. This refers to empty-headed people who tend to talk a lot more compare to full-headed people.
• Among the Chin-Kuki-Mizo community of North East India the word "Rice" is equivalent with "Food".