proverb

“As a Persian proverb says, ‘We’ve lost both ways.’”

But he’s usually able to turn it around by talking to his friends or elders, or by reciting his favorite proverb:

Maybe the three monkeys represented the "wise monkeys" in the Japanese proverb of the "see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil" fame?

Three monkeys have been associated with the Japanese proverb "see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil".

A Thief Has Come is a Rajasthani proverb uttered when a girl is born.