ProverbPedia

“Telugu Proverb:
పిల్లి బ్రహ్మహంత”
— English Translation:
Kill a cat, kill a Brahman.Doing harm to a cat is considered as sinful as injuring a Brahman.

“Telugu Proverb:
పిల్లిని చంపిన పాపము నీది, బెల్లము తిన్న పాపము నాది”
— English Translation:
You take the sin of killing the cat, I’ll take the sin of eating your molasses.Said by s stingy Komati to a Brahman priest to whom he had presented the cheapest possible ofl‘ering that would expiate the sin he had committed by killing a cat, viz., a little image of a cat made of molasses, which he afterwards was greedy enough to take back again and swallow.

“Telugu Proverb:
పిల్లిని చంకబెట్టుకొని పెండ్లికి వెళ్లినట్టు”
— English Translation:
Going to a marriage with a cat under your arm.The cat is a bad omen.Transgressing the rules of society.

“Telugu Proverb:
పిల్లికి రొయ్యల మొలతాడు కట్టితే, అషుంటా బోయి నోట్లో వేసుకొన్నదట.",”
— ,English Translation:
When they tied a waist cord of prawns round the eat’s loins it went a little way and then ate up the whole.Want of appreciation of honors conferred. ​

“Telugu Proverb:
పిల్లి కండ్లు మూసుకొని పాలు తాగుతున్ను యెవరూ యెరుగరని యెంచుకొన్నట్టు”
— English Translation:
Like a cat shutting her eyes, and fancying that no one could see her drinking the milk.A man fancying that he is unseen when committing some crime.The forest has ears the field has eyes. (German.)

“Telugu Proverb:
పిల్లికి చెలగాటము యెలికకు ప్రాణసంకటము”
— English Translation:
Sport to the cat, death to the rat.What is sport to the cat is death to the mouse. (German)What is play to the strong is death to the weak. (Dutch)

“Telugu Proverb:
పిల్లి కండ్లు పోగోరును, కుక్క పిల్లలు కలగకోరును”
— English Translation:
The cat wishes to see your eyes ~out, and the dog wishes to see you have children.Both will then be well fed.

“Telugu Proverb:
పిల్ల లేని యింట్లో తాత తడువులాడినట్టు”
— English Translation:
Like a grandfather groping for the children in a house where there are none.

“Telugu Proverb:
పిల్లముడ్డి గిల్లి వుయ్యాల వూచే వాడు”
— English Translation:
Pinching the child while swinging the cradle.Done by a lazy fellow who wanted to make it appear that the child did not like him. ​

“Telugu Proverb:
పిల్లగలవాడు పిల్లకు యేడిస్తే, కాటివాడు కాసుకు యేడ్చినాడు”
— English Translation:
When the father cried for his child, the sexton cried for his money.Crows bewail the dead sheep and then eat them.

“Telugu Proverb:
పిల్లకాయలకూ పీటకోళ్లకూ చలిలేదు”
— English Translation:
Children and the legs of a stool do not feel the cold.To a child all weather is cold.

“Telugu Proverb:
పిల్లకాకి యేమి యెరుగును వుండేలు దెబ్బ”
— English Translation:
What does a young crow know about the blow of a pellet ?Inexperience.

“Telugu Proverb:
పిరికి బంటుకు తుమ్మాస్థ”
— English Translation:
A cowardly soldier is stopped by a sneeze.A sneeze is considered a bad omen among the Hindus.Ready for any excuse. ​

“Telugu Proverb:
పిలిస్తే బిగిస్తే సరిగాని వస్తే వాడి అబ్బ తరమా”
— English Translation:
If I invite him and he is too proud to come, it will be all right; but if he does come, how shall I manage it?Said by a poor man who was obliged to show hospitality which he could ill afford.

“Telugu Proverb:
పిలవని పేరంటము చెప్పని వక్క పొద్దు”
— English Translation:
Attending a feast to which you are not invited, a fast you are not asked to observe(For Péranțam see No. 68. )Fidders' dogs an' flees come to a feast unca’d. (Scotch)

“Telugu Proverb:
పినతండ్రి పెండ్లాము పినతల్లి కాదు, మేనమామ పెండ్లాము మేనత్త కాదు.",”
— ,English Translation:
Your paternal uncle’s Wife is not your maternal aunt; your maternal uncle’s wife is not your paternal aunt.