ProverbPedia

“Telugu Proverb:
తెలకుల వాడి ముడ్డికింది రాయివలెనే”
— English Translation:
Like the oilmonger’s stone seat.Of permanent utility.

“Telugu Proverb:
తెడ్డు వుండగా చెయ్యి కాల్చుకొన్నట్టు”
— English Translation:
Burning his hand when he had a ladle.To stir the rice with.

“Telugu Proverb:
తెడ్డు యేది అంటే, కొయ్య యేది అన్నట్టు”
— English Translation:
One said “ Where’s the ladle ?” the other said ""Where’s the stick ?""Two lazy fellows.

“Telugu Proverb:
తెడ్డు నాకి వుపవాసములు మాన్పినట్టు”
— English Translation:
Like licking the ladle when you’re hungry.

“Telugu Proverb:
తెచ్చుకొంటే భోంచెయి జగన్నాయకా, లేకుంటే వూరకుండు జగన్నాయకా”
— English Translation:
If you get any thing eat it O Jagannayaka! if you don’t get any thing do without it O Jagannayaka!Jagannayaka is the idol at Jagannatha, in Orissa.

“Telugu Proverb:
తెగువ దేవేంద్ర పదవి”
— English Translation:
Liberality leads to Indra’s heaven.

“Telugu Proverb:
తెగించిన వానికి తెడ్డే లింగము”
— English Translation:
The man who is determined [to worship] uses his ladle as a lingam.Where there’s a will, there’s a way.The will is everything. (Italian.)The will is the soul of the work. (German.)

“Telugu Proverb:
తెగించి వెనకకు పోయినంత తెలివి తక్కువ లేదు”
— English Translation:
There is no greater folly than turning back after having once ventured to run the risk.Turning back after putting one’s hand to the plough.Fortune lost, nothing lost; courage lost, much lost; honour lost, more lost; soul lost, all last. (Dutch)

“Telugu Proverb:
తెగించి దానము చేస్తాను తేరా పిడికెడు ఆళ్లు అన్నట్టు”
— English Translation:
I have determined on being liberal, bring a handful of grain.

“Telugu Proverb:
తృణము మేరువ, మేరువ తృణము”
— English Translation:
A straw as Mount Méru, Mount Méru as a straw.The slightest favour done to a good man is gratefully acknowledged, but a bad man forgets the greatest benefits.

“Telugu Proverb:
తూమెడు వడ్లు తూర్పారపెట్టేటప్పటికి యేదుము వడ్లు యెలుకలు తిని పోయినవి”
— English Translation:
While he was winnowing one Tûm of rice, the rats devoured five Tûms.Tûm is the Indian bushel.

“Telugu Proverb:
తుళ్లే యెద్దే గోనె మోశేది”
— English Translation:
A frisky bullock carries a good load.A spirited man works well.

“Telugu Proverb:
తులసి వనములో గంజాయి మొక్క మొలిచినట్టు”
— English Translation:
Like a hemp plant growing in a Tulasi garden.(For Ganjayi see No. 1034. )A black sheep in the family.

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— English Translation:
When a man was asked why he spat on the Tulasi-Kota, he replied that he thought it was an altar.The irreverent answer of a sacrilegious sceptic, an altar being still more sacred-Talusi is the holy basil (Ocimum Sacrum). Tulasi-kôta is the Telugu name for the altar-like bed in which it is grown, in the inner yard of a Hindu house.

“Telugu Proverb:
తురకలు లేని వూళ్లో దూదేకులవాడు సయ్యదుమియ్యా”
— English Translation:
In a village where there are no Mussulmans, the cotton cleaner is Saiyid Miyan.He is made much of.—The Saiyids are the high-born descendants of Russia, grandson of Muhammad. Miyan is a title. The cotton cleaners are 'mongrel Mussulmans.' (Brown).

“Telugu Proverb:
తురకలు గొట్టగా చుక్కకెదురా”
— English Translation:
When a Mussulman raid is expected is one [afraid of] facing Venus ?Are omens observed in times of danger ?Necessity has no law. (Latin)