ProverbPedia

“Telugu Proverb:
పాలల్లో పంచదార వొలికినట్టు”
— English Translation:
Like sugar dropped into milk.(5420 Non. IN, I382, “5, I888.)

“Telugu Proverb:
పాలబుట్టితే మాత్రము మేలు గుణము కలుగునా.Does every thing that comes from milk possess good qualities ?Good qualities are not always possessed by people of high birth”
— Telugu

“Telugu Proverb:
పాలకు వచ్చి ముంత దాచినట్టు”
— English Translation:
Begging for milk and hiding his cup.Poverty and pride.

“Telugu Proverb:
పారవేసుకొన్న చోటనే వెతుక్కో వలశినది”
— English Translation:
You must look for a thing in the place where you lost it.Seek redress from the person who has injured you.

“Telugu Proverb:
పారే చీమ చప్పుడు వినేవాడు”
— English Translation:
A man who hears the noise of a creeping ant.As wary as a blind horse.He is so wary that he sleeps like a bare with his eyes open.

“Telugu Proverb:
పాయసములో నెయ్యి వొలికినట్టు”
— English Translation:
Like the ghi falling into the milk pudding.When a pot of ghi slipped from a woman's hand, it fortunately fell into a pudding.He is like a cat, he always falls on his feet.

“Telugu Proverb:
పాములలో మెలగ వచ్చునుగాని, స్వాములలో మెలగ కూడదు”
— English Translation:
You may walk among snakes, but keep clear of Vaishnava priests.

“Telugu Proverb:
పామునూ చావనివ్వడు, బడితే విరగనివ్వడు”
— English Translation:
He won’t allow the snake to die, and he won’t allow the stick to be broken.Applied to a trimmer.

“Telugu Proverb:
పాముతో చెలిమి, కత్తితో సాము”
— English Translation:
Friendship with a snake, fencing with a sword.32

“Telugu Proverb:
పాము చుట్టము పడిగ పగ”
— English Translation:
The snake is your relation, and it’s hood your enemy.Being on friendly terms with members of a family though on bad terms with the head of the house.

“Telugu Proverb:
పాముకాళ్లు పామునకెరుక”
— English Translation:
The snake only knows where it’s feet are.The Hindus believe that a snake has feet, though they are invisible.A man knows his own business best.

“Telugu Proverb:
పాముకు పాలుపోశినట్టు”
— English Translation:
Feeding a snake with milk.Showing kindness to an ungrateful person.

“Telugu Proverb:
పాపి సొమ్ము పరులపాలు, ద్రోహి సొమ్ము దొంగలపాలు.",”
— ,English Translation:
The riches of a sinner go to strangers ; the riches of a traitor go to thieves.

“Telugu Proverb:
పాపటకాయ కొరకనెంత యాక పెట్టనెంత.A bramble is neither large enough to bite nor to place on a dish.Pâpața is the Pavetta Indica.A quantity quite inadequate to one’s wants”
— Telugu

“Telugu Proverb:
పానకములోని పుల్ల”
— English Translation:
A bit of straw in sherbet.

“Telugu Proverb:
పాతముండలందరూ పోగయి కొత్తముండ తాడు తెంపినట్టు”
— English Translation:
Like the old widows assembling to break the marriage cord of a new widow.A gang of rascals conspiring to ruin a. new comer, who they fear will be in their way.