ProverbPedia

“Telugu Proverb:
పదిమందితోటి చావు పెండ్లితో సమము”
— English Translation:
With many people death is equal to marriage.Applied to an honorable death in a good cause.

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— English Translation:
When Basavanna was asked if he would eat cotton seed, he said “ Aha”; when Basavanua was asked whether he would have on the pack saddle he said “Uhu.”Basavanna is the name of a bull sacred to Siva. Bullocks are often familiarly called by this name. Âhâ is an exclamation signifying consent. Ûhû signifies refusal.

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— English Translation:
A house full of young girls, and a fire of little twigs.Difficult to manage.

“Telugu Proverb:
పడమట కొరడు వేస్తే, పాడుగుంటలన్నీ నిండును”
— English Translation:
If there be a rainbow in the west, all the dry tanks will be filled.

“Telugu Proverb:
పడిశెము పది రోగాల పెట్టు”
— English Translation:
One cold in the head is as bad as ten diseases.

“Telugu Proverb:
పట్టపగలు చుక్కలు పొడిపిస్తాడు”
— English Translation:
In the full light of day, he makes the stars appear.Professing to do wonders. Applied to a great cheat.

“Telugu Proverb:
పట్టినది చింత కొమ్మ గాని ములగ కొమ్మ కాదు”
— English Translation:
What I am clinging to is a Tamarind bough, not a Mulaga.The tamarind wood is pliable, but the Malays (Hyperanthera Moringa) is brittle.Said by a parasite of his staunch protector.

“Telugu Proverb:
పచ్చి వెలగకాయ గొంతున పడ్డట్టు”
— English Translation:
Like an unripe wood apple sticking in one’s throat.Distress caused by continual worrying.

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— English Translation:
A burglar being asked why he was house-breaking in the day time, replied “ What do you know of my necessities?”Distress tempts to crime.31

“Telugu Proverb:
పచ్చి గడ్డి వేస్తే భగ్గుమని మండుతున్నది”
— English Translation:
Put green grass [between two rivals], and it will blaze up.

“Telugu Proverb:
పగవానింట పది బిచ్చాలు పోయినా పోయినవేను”
— English Translation:
If alms are given ten times in an enemy’s house, so much the better.

“Telugu Proverb:
పగలెల్లా బారెడు నేశినాను, దివ్వెతేవే దిగ నేస్తాను”
— English Translation:
Like a weaver saying in the evening to his wife “woman during the day I have woven two yards, if you bring a lamp now I’ll undo it all again.”Said of an idle fellow.

“Telugu Proverb:
పగటి మాటలు పనికి చేటు, రాత్రి మాటలు నిద్రకు చేటు.",”
— ,English Translation:
Talking in the day time spoils one’s business; talking in the night time spoils one’s sleep. ​

“Telugu Proverb:
పగలు చస్తే వాతికి లేదు, రాత్రి చస్తే దీపముకు లేదు”
— English Translation:
If he dies in the day, there is no rice to put in his mouth; if he dies in the night, there is no oil for a lamp.Rice is put into the mouth of the dead at the funeral ceremony.Said of a miserably poor person.

“Telugu Proverb:
పక్కలో కత్తి”
— English Translation:
A sword by the side [on a bed].

“Telugu Proverb:
పక్కపుండు పెంచుతావేమి”
— English Translation:
Why do you increase the sore in my side’!