ProverbPedia

“Telugu Proverb:
బడాయి బారెడు, పొగచుట్ట మూరెడు.",”
— ,English Translation:
His arrogance is two yards long and his cheroot a cubit long.

“Telugu Proverb:
బట్టప్పు పొట్టప్పు నిలవదు”
— English Translation:
Debts for food and clothing do not remain long unpaid.

“Telugu Proverb:
బట్ట తలలకూ మోకాళ్లకూ ముడివేసినట్టు”
— English Translation:
Like tying bald heads and knees in a knot.Said of a very cunning person.

“Telugu Proverb:
బగబగమను వాని పంచనుండ వచ్చునుగాని, నాలిముచ్చు నట్టింట నుండరాదు.",”
— ,English Translation:
You may live in the verandah of a hot-tempered man’s house but you should not dwell in the middle of the house of a man who conceals his resentment. ​

“Telugu Proverb:
బందేడు పచ్చీ కోడలి కొత్తా లేదు”
— English Translation:
There is no greenness in Bandédu, nor newness in a daughter-in-law.Bandedu is the Dodonaes Burmanniana, a light wood that ignites like touch-wood.

“Telugu Proverb:
బండి దొంగరికము”
— English Translation:
Stealing a cart.Open robbery.

“Telugu Proverb:
బంగారు పొల్లు వున్నదిగాని మనిషి పొల్లు లేదు”
— English Translation:
There is dross in gold, but there is no defect in man.

“Telugu Proverb:
బంగారపు పిచ్చుక”
— English Translation:
A golden sparrow.The Telugu term for the grossbeak ( Loxia Philippine ).Pretty to look at but of no use.

“Telugu Proverb:
ప్రీతిలేని కూడు పిండాకూటితో సమము”
— English Translation:
బంగారపు కత్తి.A golden knife.Said of something of intrinsic value but of no utility.

“Telugu Proverb:
ప్రీతితో పెట్టినది పిడికెడే చాలును”
— English Translation:
If given with love, a handful is sufficient.

“Telugu Proverb:
ప్రాణము పోయినా, మానము దక్కించుకోవలెను”
— English Translation:
Though you lose your life, you must preserve your honor.

“Telugu Proverb:
ప్రాణము తీపా, బెల్లము తీపా.",”
— ,English Translation:
Is life sweeter than molasses ?Said of a peculiarly timid nervous man.

“Telugu Proverb:
ప్రసూతి వైరాగ్యము, పురాణ వైరాగ్యము, శ్మశాన వైరాగ్యము”
— English Translation:
Three causes of transient repentance, viz., the pains of travail, the effects of preaching, and the sight of death.The chamber of sickness is the chapel of devotion.Vows made in storms are forgotten in calms.

“Telugu Proverb:
ప్రతిష్ఠకు పెద్దినాయుడు చస్తే, యీడవ లేక యింటివాండ్లు చచ్చినారు”
— English Translation:
When Peddinayudu died for fame, the members of his house hold sufl'ered greatly in dragging away his body.Peddinayudu here means a Nayudu, (a title borne by certain castes) great both in social position and bodily frame.

“Telugu Proverb:
ప్రయాణము అబద్ధము, ప్రసాపాటు నిబద్ధి”
— English Translation:
The journey was a sham, but eating (the provisions prepared) was a reality.

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— English Translation:
When a Puțți of grain was sold in Pôlnâdu for an areca nut, she rolled herself on the ground and cried, for she could not even get that.(For Puțți see No. 1480. )Very unfortunate. ​