दिल्ली अभी दूर है
Hindi
Etymology
Calque of Persian دهلی هنوز دور است (dehli hanuz dur ast). Literally meaning “Delhi is still far away”.
Proverb
दिल्ली अभी दूर है • (dillī abhī dūr hai) (Urdu spelling دلی ابھی دور ہے)
- there's many a slip twixt cup and lip; there is still much work to be done
Further reading
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “दिल्ली”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 497
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