ProverbPedia

“Telugu Proverb:
పితికే బర్రెను యిచ్చి పొడిచే దున్నను తెచ్చినట్టు”
— English Translation:
He bartered a milch she buffalo for a goring he buffalo.

“Telugu Proverb:
అర్జునః ఫల్గునః పార్థ: కిరీటీ శ్వేతవాహనః |,”
— ,English Translation:
బీభత్సో విజయః కృష్ణః సవ్యసాచీ ధనంజయః ||drives away thunderbolts. Au ignorant Brahman is said to have repeated this S‘ldka when receiving a dish of raw rice.Applied to impostors.

“Telugu Proverb:
పిడుగుకూ బియ్యానకూ వకటే మంత్రము”
— English Translation:
[He has] one Mantra for the thunderbolt and for the rice.Hindus believe that repetition of the ten names of Arjuna

“Telugu Proverb:
పిఠాపురము వెళ్లి పిడతెడు నీళ్లు తెచ్చినట్టు”
— English Translation:
He went to Pithapuram, and brought a little potful of water

“Telugu Proverb:
పిట్టా పిట్టా పోరు పిల్లి తీర్చినట్టు”
— English Translation:
Like the cat settling the dispute between two birds.By eating them both up ( See Telugu Panchatantra, page 94. )

“Telugu Proverb:
పిట్ట కొంచెము కూత ఘనము”
— English Translation:
A little bird with a great cry.A little man sometimes casts a long shadow. (French)A little dog, a cow without horns, and a short man are generally proud. (Danish) ​

“Telugu Proverb:
పిచ్చుగుంటలవాని పెండ్లి యెంత వైభవమెంత”
— English Translation:
How long does a gypsy’s marriage take? how long does an entertainment last ?Applied to the grandeur of arrogant people.

“Telugu Proverb:
పిచ్చికమీద బ్రహ్మాస్త్రమా”
— English Translation:
Attacking a sparrow with a Brahmastra.(For Brahmasrtra see Nos. 615, 820, 880. )He takes a spear to kill a fly.

“Telugu Proverb:
పిండి యెంతో నిప్పటి అంతే”
— English Translation:
The cake will be as much as the flour.Payment in proportion to work. Results according to labor.

“Telugu Proverb:
పిందెలో పండిన పండు”
— English Translation:
A fruit ripened after being- plucked.Said of a precocious youth.

“Telugu Proverb:
పిండీ ప్రోలూ లేనిదీ పెండ్లి అవునా”
— English Translation:
Can there be a marriage without flour and a procession ?Indispensable accompaniments.

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— English Translation:
When they made an image of an Ada Bidda of flour and put it on a seat, it shook itself about [in threatening postures ] and gave itself great airsA‘qla Biajgia (literally ""afemale child"") is the familiar name for a husband’s sister, who manages her brother's household in the absence of her mother. ​

“Telugu Proverb:
పాలే కుడిచి రొమ్మే గుద్దినాడు”
— English Translation:
He sucked the milk, and struck the breast.(Bee N“. 1011,1019, 1019.)

“Telugu Proverb:
పాశిన కూడు పదునుకు వస్తున్నదా”
— English Translation:
Can rotten food ever be made sweet ?Past reformation.

“Telugu Proverb:
పాలుపోశి పెంచినా పాము కరవక మానదు”
— English Translation:
Although you feed a snake with milk, it will not refrain from biting you.

“Telugu Proverb:
పాలును చూడనా భాండాన్ని చూడనా”
— English Translation:
Are we to look at milk or at the pot’?The pot is only valued for the milk in it.The jewel i: not to be valued for the cabinet.