ProverbPedia

“Telugu Proverb:
నూరి భరించ లేనమ్మ తాగేమి భరించును”
— English Translation:
Can she drink [medicine] who could not bear to grind it’!

“Telugu Proverb:
నూనె పోగొట్టుకొన్నవాడూ యేడ్చినాడు, బొండాపకాయల వాడూ పొర్లి పొర్లి యేడ్చినాడు”
— English Translation:
The man who lost the oil cried, and the oocoanut man cried bitterly.A bullock laden with pots of oil belonging to one man and unpeeled cocoanuts belonging to another rolled over. The pots broke, but the cocoanuts were none the worse. The first man cried quietly, but thesecond was loud in his lamentations.Making a. fuss about nothing.

“Telugu Proverb:
నూతి కప్పకు సముద్రము చేరువా”
— English Translation:
Is the sea near to a frog in a well ?Applied to a clumsy fellow. ​

“Telugu Proverb:
నూటికి నూలిపోగు, కోటికి గోవుతోక.",”
— ,English Translation:
Instead of a hundred [cloths] a bit of thread; instead of a crore [ of cows] a cow’s tail.

“Telugu Proverb:
నువ్వులూ నూనె వకటి, గాండ్లవాడు వేరు”
— English Translation:
Oil seed and oil are one, the oil-crusher is another.( For Nuovu see No. 1319. )Joining to oppose a common enemy.

“Telugu Proverb:
నువ్వుకు నూరు రోగాలు”
— English Translation:
A hundred diseases to the Sesamum.Nuvuu is the Sesamum Indicum. The Sesamum crops are peculiarly liable to attacks of sap worm, blight, &c.

“Telugu Proverb:
నుయ్యి తియ్యబోతే, దయ్యము బయలు వెళ్లినది”
— English Translation:
When they began to dig a well, a devil came out.Applied to a sudden and heavy misfortune.

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— English Translation:
ay your Sakus become stones! Give me four Békus.Said by a greedy Telugu man at an entertainment given by a Cansrese gentleman. The servant handed round the dishes a second time with theusual enquiry "" Siiku?"" (enough P ) Some of the guests would reply""Bélni’ (wanted) and help themselves moderately. The Telugu man not understanding Canarese, cried out "" None of your Sdkus, give me some of your Békus.""

“Telugu Proverb:
నీవు పెట్టకపోయినా పెట్టేయిల్లు చూపించుమన్నట్టు”
— English Translation:
Though you don’t give alms, point out a house where they do.am s's’oaaso a3, is) assesses wmémrgaia.If you pour for one thing, I drink for another.A woman poured out stale rice-water to make a man eat less solid food afterwards. The drink however has the property of increasing the appetite.Diamond cut diamond. ​

“Telugu Proverb:
నీవు చస్తే లోకమెల్లా బోకెలా”
— English Translation:
If you were to die, would the whole earth be bones ?(BeeNo. 1337.)

“Telugu Proverb:
నీవు చచ్చిన రోజూ లేదు, నేను యేడ్చిన రోజూ లేదు”
— English Translation:
The day of your death has not come, nor the day of my mourning.( See No. 1253.)Said by a wife who hated her husband.

“Telugu Proverb:
నీవు కాకపోతే నీ అబ్బ మరివకడాయెను”
— English Translation:
If you won’t do it, your father will.i. e. a better person.

“Telugu Proverb:
నీళ్లు మూటకట్టినట్టు”
— English Translation:
Tying up water in a bundle.He draw: water with a sieve.

“Telugu Proverb:
నీళ్లలో నిమ్మలు బ్రతికినవి, అడివిలో తుమ్మలు బ్రతికినవి”
— English Translation:
Lime trees lived in the water, acacia trees lived in the jungle.(F0r1'ummseeNo.369.)Very common.

“Telugu Proverb:
నీలి నీళ్లకు పోతే, బావి లోతుకు పోయినది”
— English Translation:
When the jade went to the well, the water was too low.Said of a lazy person glad of any excuse to get off work. ​

“Telugu Proverb:
నీరు పల్లమెరుగును, నిజము దేవుడెరుగును”
— English Translation:
Water finds the low ground, God knows the truth.(Sec Non. H0], 1910.)