ProverbPedia

“Telugu:
అడిగేవానికి చెప్పేవాడు లోకువ”
English Translation:
He who has to answer is inferior to him who questions.It is one thing to put questions, another to answer them.

“Telugu:
అగ్గువ అయితే అందరూ కొంటారు”
English Translation:
When it is cheap, all will buy.

“Telugu:
అగ్నిలో మిడత పడ్డట్టు”
English Translation:
Like a grass-hopper jumping into the fire (flame).To try, they say, to extinguish it.Applied to rash acts. ​

“Telugu:
అగ్నిహోత్రమునకు పోయిన సోమిదేవమ్మ ఆరు నెలల గర్బముతో వచ్చినది”
English Translation:
Somidévamma Went for fire (for the sacrifice) and came back six months in pregnancy.Somidévamma is an honorific title given to the wife of a sacrificing priest; she is supposed to be very pious.

“Telugu:
అగ్నిహోత్రములో అజ్యము పోశినట్టు”
English Translation:
Like ghee poured on fire.To cast oil in the fire is not the way to quench it.

“Telugu:
అచ్చం తిరుమణిధారి అయితే పుల్ల పట్టడంలోనే తెలుసును”
English Translation:
You can tell Whether he is really a Vaishnava or not by the way in which he holds the pencil.Tirumani is the clay used for the sectarian mark worn on the forehead by Vaishnavas, and Pulla is a bit of grass with which the mark is made.Halt not before a cripple.

“Telugu:
అచ్చివచ్చిన భూమి అడిగిడే చాలును”
English Translation:
If the ground is lucky, a foot of it is enough.Luck is all.

“Telugu:
అటయితే కందిపప్పు, యిటయెతే పెసరపప్పు”
English Translation:
In the one case Kandi, in the other Pesara.Kandi is the Cajanus Indicus; Pesara is the Phaseolus Mungo.Said by a Brahman quack referring to the recovery or death of his patient. In either case he is feasted. ​

“Telugu:
అటయితే వైద్యకట్నము, యిటయితే వైతరణిగోదానము”
English Translation:
In the one case, Medical fees; in the other, the gift of a Vaitarani cow.A cow is presented at funerals to a Brahman to enable the soul of the deceased to get across the burning river Vaitarani which is said to separate heaven from earth.Said by a Brahman priest and doctor.

“Telugu:
అట్లువండే ఆబిడకు ఆరుగురు అమర్చవలెను”
English Translation:
A Hopper-woman requiring six people to assist her.””Hopper”” is a kind of cake ( Tamil அப்பம்).Said of a person giving himself airs.

“Telugu:
అడకత్తులోని పోక”
English Translation:
Like a nut in the nippers.Adakattu are nippers used for breaking Areca nuts.To be between the hammer and the anvil. (french)

“Telugu:
అక్కన్న మాదన్నగారు అందలమెక్కితే, సాటికి వరప్ప చెరువు కట్ట యెక్కినాడ�”
English Translation:
When Akkanna and Madanna mounted their state palankin, Sarappa got on the bund of the tank to make him self equal.Envying and mocking the wealthy.Puppies imitating their mistresses. (Latin)

“Telugu:
అగడ్తలో పడ్డ పిల్లికి అదే వైకుంఠం”
English Translation:
The moat is heaven to the cat that falls into it.It cannot possibly escape, and dies.An inextricable difficulty.

“Telugu:
అగస్త్య బ్రాత”
English Translation:
The brother of Agastya.Agastya was a great sage, who was not known to have any brother.Applied to a new-comer, attempting to make himself out a great personage.

“Telugu:
అగ్గువ అయితే అంగడికి వస్తుంది”
English Translation:
When it is cheap, it comes to the bazar.

“Telugu:
అంధునకు అద్దము చూపినట్టు”
English Translation:
Like giving a blind man 21 looking glass.A blind man will not thank you for a looking glass.