ProverbPedia

“Telugu Proverb:
తురక దాసరికి యీత మజ్జిగ”
— English Translation:
The butter-milk of a Mussulman mendicant is Toddy.Applied to pretended sanctity.

“Telugu Proverb:
తుమ్ము తమ్ముడై చెప్పును”
— English Translation:
A sneeze warns you as a younger brother.On the commencement of an undertaking, if any one sneezes it is considered a bad omen.

“Telugu Proverb:
తుమ్మితే పొయ్యేముక్కు యెన్నాళ్లు వుండును”
— English Translation:
If your nose won’t stand sneezing how long will it last ?

“Telugu Proverb:
తుప్పర్ల పసేగాని, మంత్రాల పస లేదు”
— English Translation:
The beauty of his slobberings, not of his mantras

“Telugu Proverb:
తుడుం తుడుం అంటే, దురాయి దురాయి అన్నట్టు”
— English Translation:
When the drum sounded “tudum, tudum” a man called out “durayi, durayi.”Tudum is the (onomatopoetic) name of a kind of drum (Tom-tom ). Durayi is a form of adjuration in the name of Government.

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— English Translation:
When the man received a blow on his back, he cried out that he had lost his teeth.Applied to inappropriate actions or words.

“Telugu Proverb:
తీట పట్టినవాడు గోకుకొంటాడు”
— English Translation:
The man with itch scratches himselfLet him that itches scratch himself. (french)

“Telugu Proverb:
తీగె పట్టుకొంటే, పొద అంతా కదిలినట్టు.",”
— ,English Translation:
When the creeper was pulled the whole bush shook.Injury to the head of the house reaches to all the members.

“Telugu Proverb:
తీగెకు కాయ బరువా”
— English Translation:
Is the gourd too heavy for the creeper ?Applied to having a large family to support.

“Telugu Proverb:
తిలాః పాపహరా నిత్యం, తలా పిడికెడు పిడికెడు”
— English Translation:
Sesamum seed always takes away sin, [give them] a handful a head.Tila is the Sesamum Indicum.A jocose proverb, half Sanscrit, half Telugu.

“Telugu Proverb:
తిరిపెపు మజ్జిగకు వచ్చి పాడి బర్రెను బేరము చేశినట్టు”
— English Translation:
Like coming to beg buttermilk, and bargaining for tho milch buffalo.Pretended wealth.

“Telugu Proverb:
తిరపతి మంగలవాడివత్తు”
— English Translation:
Like the Tirapati barber.Has it all his own way. Pilgrims visiting the place have to get their heads shaved, and as one man has the entire monopoly he keeps them waiting for hours, taking payment in advance and shaving a little bit of one man's head and then a little bit of another, to prevent them from going away.Applied to a person selfishly taking work out of others’ bands which he is unable to complete himself.

“Telugu Proverb:
తిరపతికి పోగానే తురక దాసరి అవునా”
— English Translation:
Will a Mussulman become a Dasari by going to Tirapati ?Tirapati (prop. Tirupati) is a sacred hill about 80 miles from Madras.

“Telugu Proverb:
తిరగ మరిగిన కాలూ తిట్ట మరిగిన నోరూ వూరకుండవు”
— English Translation:
The feet which are wont to wander, and the mouth which is accustomed to abuse, will never be quiet.

“Telugu Proverb:
తియ్యని రోగములూ, కమ్మని మందులూ వున్నవా”
— English Translation:
Are there sweet diseases, and delicious medicines ?

“Telugu Proverb:
తియ్యగా తియ్యగా రాగము, మూలగగా మూలగగా రోగము.",”
— ,English Translation:
The more you practise the better you will sing; the more you groan the more will your illness increase.