ProverbPedia

“Telugu:
అయ్య రాకుంటే అమావాస్య అట్టె వుంటుందా”
English Translation:
If the priest does not come, will the new moon wait for him ?Time and tide wait for no man.

“Telugu:
అమావాస్య ప్రొద్దుకు వంగలు కాచునా”
English Translation:
Will the new-moon bring out the brinjals ?Vanga (called by Europeans “”brinjal””) is the Solanam Melongena.

“Telugu:
అయ్యనీటు అడిగితీరదు, అమ్మ దమ్మయపాలెంలో దంచుకొని తాగుతున్నది”
English Translation:
The foppish husband gives himself great airs, while his wife is living by pounding rice in Dammayapalem.

“Telugu:
అమ్మగా మిగిలిన మేక”
English Translation:
The only goat remaining unsold.A wretched fate. ​

“Telugu:
అయ్య వాతబెట్టనూ బర్రె బ్రతకనా”
English Translation:
When his lordship brands the buffalo, will she get over it ?Said of a clumsy fellow, who makes a mess of every thing.I meant to cross myself and put out one of my eyes. (Portuguese.)

“Telugu:
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English Translation:
అమ్మ గృహప్రవేశము, అయ్య శ్మశానప్రవేశము.The bride enters her husband’s house, and the bridegroom enters the tomb.Regarding Grihapravésa (“”house-entering””) see No. 803.Applied to a great calamity happening when most unlooked for. Also to a luckless woman.After a dream of a wedding comes a corpse.

“Telugu:
అయ్యవారిని చెయ్యబోతే కోతి అయినది”
English Translation:
His attempt to make [an image of] Ganésa ended in [the moulding of] a monkey.Mud images of Ganésa are made and worshipped on the 4th day of the light fortnight in the month Bhadrapada (August-September ).A ridiculous failure.

“Telugu:
అప్పు దొరికితే పప్పుకూడు”
English Translation:
If I could raise a loan, [I should be able to live on] dal and rice.An excuse made by a host for treating his guest with poor fare.

“Telugu:
అప్పు మొప్పు”
English Translation:
Debt is misfortune.Debt is the worst poverty.

“Telugu:
అప్పు యిచ్చినవాడు బాగుకోరును, తీసుకొన్నవాడు చెడగోరును”
English Translation:
Your creditor will wish you well, your debtor will wish you ill.He that doth lend doth lose his friend.Money lent, an enemy made. (Portuguese) ​

“Telugu:
అప్పు లేకపోతే వుప్పుగంజే మేలు”
English Translation:
Rice water and salt without debt are good.Without debt. without care. (Italian)He is rich enough who owe: nothing. (French)

“Telugu:
అప్పులేని గంజి దొప్పెడే చాలును”
English Translation:
A cupful of rice water without debt is enough.Out of debt, out of danger.Happy is he who owes nothing. (Greek)

“Telugu:
అబద్ధాలకు అర్థములేదు”
English Translation:
No meaning can be given to erroneous expressions.Applied to discrepancies in a statement.

“Telugu:
అన్నము పెట్టితే అరిగిపోతుంది, చీరయిస్తే చిరిగిపోతుంది, వాతపెట్టితే కలకాలము వుంటుంది”
English Translation:
If I give you rice, you will eat it up; if I give you a cloth, it will wear out; but if I brand you, it will last for ever.Said by a stingy person to a beggar.

“Telugu:
అబద్ధాల పంచాఅంగముకు అరవైగడియలు త్యాజ్యము”
English Translation:
A bad almanack makes all the hours of the day unpropitious.Applied to unreasonable objections.There are 60 Gadiyas in a day ; a Gadiya therefore equals 24 minutes.

“Telugu:
అన్నము లేకపోతే వరి అన్నము బట్ట లేకపోతే పట్టుబట్�”
English Translation:
If you have no common food, [give me] the best; if you have no common cloth, [give me] a silk one.Said by an impertinent beggar when refused assistance by s stingy person.