ProverbPedia

“Telugu:
తొంగున్న సుంకరీ తలమూట దింపు అన్నట్టు”
English Translation:
Like a man waking up the sleeping custom house ofiicer to help him to put down his load.A “green trick.”

“Telugu:
చూచినది పాము, కరచినది మామిడి తెంక”
English Translation:
What he saw was a snake, that which hit him was a mango stone.After seeing the snake, he had trodden on a split mango stone which nipped his toe.Flabbergasted with fright.

“Telugu:
ఏనుగకు కాలు విరగడమూ, దోమకు రెక్క విరగడమూ సమము.”,”
,English Translation:
The loss of a wing is the same to a mosquito as the loss of a leg to an elephant.Proportionate losses.