जलते घर में हाथ सेंकना
Hindi
editEtymology
editLiterally, "to warm one's hand in a burning house". Compare the Kashmiri proverb أکِس دَزان دٲر تہٕ بیٛاکھ وُشناوان اَتھٕ (ạkis dazān dạ̄r tụ byākh wuśnāvān athụ, literally “one's beard is burning and another warms their hand”) with a similar meaning.
Pronunciation
editProverb
editजलते घर में हाथ सेंकना • (jalte ghar mẽ hāth sẽknā) (Urdu spelling جلتے گھر میں ہاتھ سینکنا)
- (idiomatic) to take advantage of another's misfortune