Avoid like the plague in Hindi
Meaning, Devanagari spelling and pronunciation
The meaning of “avoid like the plague” in Hindi is से दूर भागने की बहुत कोशिश करना, pronounced se dur bhagane ki bahut koshish karana — it is a verb. Copy the Devanagari word above, hear how it is pronounced, and use it anywhere. To type words like this yourself, try our Hindi typing tool, or explore more words in the vocabulary sets.
To evade or shun, if at all possible.
From the deadliness of the plague and the need to avoid it. Commonly attributed to similar phrases in Latin used by the priest and theologian Saint Jerome (c. 347–420) in his letters, for example:
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His igitur quasi quibusdam pestibus exterminatis veniamus ad eos,[…]
Avoiding these [the Remnuoth, a class of monks in Egypt] then as though they were the plague, […]
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[N]egotiatorem clericum et ex inope divitem et ex ignobili gloriosum quasi quandem pestem fuge
Avoid, as you would the plague, a clergyman who is also a man of business, one who has risen from poverty to wealth, from obscurity to a high position
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His igitur quasi quibusdam pestibus exterminatis veniamus ad eos,[…]
Avoiding these [the Remnuoth, a class of monks in Egypt] then as though they were the plague, […]
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[N]egotiatorem clericum et ex inope divitem et ex ignobili gloriosum quasi quandem pestem fuge
Avoid, as you would the plague, a clergyman who is also a man of business, one who has risen from poverty to wealth, from obscurity to a high position