ProverbPedia

“Telugu Proverb:
నల్లిని గూర్చి మంచానికి పెట్లు”
— English Translation:
Beating a bedstead on account of the bugs.( Sc: Nos. 256, I910.)

“Telugu Proverb:
నలపాకము భీమపాకముగా వున్నది”
— English Translation:
It is like the cooking of Nala and Bhima.Said ironically to a bad cook.

“Telugu Proverb:
నరుని కంట నల్లరాయి పగులును”
— English Translation:
By the look of a man’s eye, granite will be broken.The power of an evil eye. ​

“Telugu Proverb:
నరము లేని నాలుక నాలుగు విధాలు”
— English Translation:
The tongue without nerves goes all ways.When the conscience is dead, moral restraint disappears.

“Telugu Proverb:
నమ్మి నానబోసితే, పులిసి బుర్రటలాడెను”
— English Translation:
I trusted it and put it to soak, it became acid and began toferment. Misplaced confidence.

“Telugu Proverb:
నమ్మితి రామన్నా అంటే, నా అంతవాణ్ని చేస్తానన్నట్టు”
— English Translation:
When a man expressed his trust in Ramanna, the latterpromised to make him as great a man as himself. R‘amanna was really a beggar though pretending to be a great man.

“Telugu Proverb:
నమాజు చెయ్యబోతే, మశీదు మెడను పడ్డది”
— English Translation:
When he went to pray, the mosque fell on his neck.The management of the mosque was forced upon him.

“Telugu Proverb:
నమల కూడని నారికేళము”
— English Translation:
A cocoanut which cannot be chewed.A difiicult business.

“Telugu Proverb:
నన్ను నేనే యెరగను, నిన్ను నేనేమి యెరుగుదును అన్నాడట",”
— ,"English Translation:
.He said “I don’t know myself, how can I know you 'l”Said of a supercilious fellow.

“Telugu Proverb:
నత్తగుల్లలన్నీ వకరేవున, ముత్యపు చిప్పలన్నీ వకరేవున",”
— ,"English Translation:
Corrnnon oysters are in one spot, and pearl oysters in another.( lee Non. 135, ms, was, me, me. )2s

“Telugu Proverb:
నడిచే కొద్దీ డొంక, పెట్టే కొద్దీ కుదురు”
— English Translation:
As you walk you widen the path, as you put [earth] youraise the ledge. Donku is a path between two fields.Kuduru is a ledge made withearth round a mortar in which grain is pounded.

“Telugu Proverb:
నడవలేని అమ్మకు నాలుగు పక్కలా సవారి”
— English Translation:
A lady who can’t walk must have carriages on all sides.Said of a lazy woman.

“Telugu Proverb:
నడమంత్రపు శిరి, నరాలమీది కురుపు.",”
— ,English Translation:
A fortune obtained in middle age is like a boil on the sinews.It spoils a man.

“Telugu Proverb:
నడమంత్రపు దాసరి పొద్దుమానము యెరగడు”
— English Translation:
A man who has become a Dasari in middle age, is not punctual in his duties. (For Dlnri see N0. 11b)Business habits must be learnt in youth.

“Telugu Proverb:
నట్టేట పుట్టి ముణిగినట్టు”
— English Translation:
Like a basket boat sinking as it reached the middle of theriver. A break down half way, in any business.

“Telugu Proverb:
నక్కలు యెరగని బొక్కలూ నాగులు యెరగని పుట్టలూ వున్నవా”
— English Translation:
Are there holes unknown to j ackals, or anthills to snakes '!