ProverbPedia

“Telugu Proverb:
తిమ్మిని బ్రహ్మినీ, బ్రహ్మిని తిమ్మినీ చేస్తాడు”
— English Translation:
He makes Timmi into Brâhmi and Brâhmi into Timmi.'Timmi is a familiar name for a she-monkey; Brâhmi (in the Proverb incorrectly Brahmi) is a name of Saraswati, wife of Brahma.He calls evil good, and good evil.25

“Telugu Proverb:
తిమ్మన్న బంతికి తియ్యచారే అన్నము”
— English Translation:
To a set of monkey-like scamps tasteless broth and plain rice [should be served].

“Telugu Proverb:
తిన్నవాడే మన్నవాడు, మన్నవాడే మహారాజు”
— English Translation:
He that ate prospered, and he that prospered became a Mahârâja.

“Telugu Proverb:
తిన్నయింటి వాసాలు యెన్నేవాడు”
— English Translation:
A man that counts the rafters of his benefactor’s house.A story is told of a man who counted the rafters, &c., of a house in order that he might take possession of it and found his claim to it on this knowledge. Hence the term is applied to a person basely attempting to swindle another, who had befriended him, out of his property.All’s lost that’s put into a riven dish.

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— English Translation:
When asked, “Why are you digging [for treasure] in the house where you have eaten ?” he replied, “What do I know of a house where I have not eaten ?”Do good to a knave and pray God he requite thee not. (Danish)

“Telugu Proverb:
తిన్న కుక్క తిని పోతే, కన్న కుక్కను పట్టి కాళ్లు విరగకొట్టినట్టు”
— English Translation:
When the dog which had eaten [the food] ran off, he caught hold of another dog and broke its leg.Making the innocent suffer for the guilty.

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— English Translation:
When a man was asked why he was counting the rafters of the house in which he had been well treated, he replied, “Would they allow me to do it in the next house ?”Gross ingratitude.I taught you to swim, and now you'd drown me.

“Telugu Proverb:
తిన మరిగిన ప్రాణము అల్లాడి చచ్చినది”
— English Translation:
The body accustomed to sumptuous living was distressed for want of food.Applied to a man whose malpractiees have been put a. stop to, but who is eagerly seeking an opportunity of renewing them.

“Telugu Proverb:
తిట్టుగాదురా తొత్తు కొడకా”
— English Translation:
I am not abusing you, my good son of a slut.

“Telugu Proverb:
తిట్టితే గాలికి పోతవి, తింటే లోగా పోతవి”
— English Translation:
The abuse which is heaped on me goes to the winds, but the food which I eat goes within.A mean sycophant.

“Telugu Proverb:
తిట్టి చచ్చినవాడూ లేడు, దీవించి బ్రతికినవాడూ లేడు”
— English Translation:
No man has ever died from cursing, or lived from blessing.No one dies of threats. (Dutch)

“Telugu Proverb:
తిండికి తిమ్మరాజు, పనికి పోతరాజు”
— English Translation:
He is a Timma Razu (monkey-king) at eating; and a Pota Razu (buffalo-king ) at work.As greedy as a monkey and as lazy as a buffalo.Like the smith’s dog, that sleeps at the sound of the hammer, and wakes at the crashing of the teeth.He eats tilt ha sweats, and works till he freezes.

“Telugu Proverb:
తిండికి వచ్చినావా తీర్థానకు వచ్చినావా”
— English Translation:
Have you come to eat or to visit the shrine ?

“Telugu Proverb:
తిండికి చేటూ నేలకు బరువూ”
— English Translation:
He’s not worth his food, and is a burden on the earth.He is not worth his salt.

“Telugu Proverb:
తింటేగాని రుచి తెలియదు, దిగితేగాని లోతు తెలియదు.",”
— ,English Translation:
Without eating you can’t tell the taste; without going down [into the water] you can’t know the depth.The proof of a pudding is in the eating.

“Telugu Proverb:
తింటే కదలలేను, తినకపోతే మెదలలేను”
— English Translation:
If I eat I can’t move, if I don’t eat I can’t stir.