ProverbPedia

“Telugu Proverb:
తావలశినది రంభ, తాములిగినది గంగ”
— English Translation:
He thinks the woman he loves to be Rambha and the water he bathes in, the Ganges.Rambha is the most beautiful of all the Apsarasas or courtezans of Svarga, the Hindu elysium.

“Telugu Proverb:
తాళ్లు తన్నేవారి తలలు తన్నేవాడు”
— English Translation:
A man that kicks the heads of people who kick the tops of Palmyra trees.More wicked than the other.

“Telugu Proverb:
తాళ్లపాకవారి కవిత్వము కొంత, తన పైత్యము కొంత”
— English Translation:
Part [of the book] is the poetry of Tallapakavaru, the rest is his own rubbish.Said of a man who has spoilt the good work of another.

“Telugu Proverb:
తాళ్లకు తలను చండ్లు మేకలకు మెడను చండ్లు”
— English Translation:
The Palmyra trees have teats on their heads, the goats have teats (Wattles) on their necks.The Hindus call the flower stalk (apadix ) of the Palmyra a teat.Useless appendages.

“Telugu Proverb:
తాళిమి తన్నూ కాచును యెదిరినీ కాచును”
— English Translation:
Patience will save you and your neighbour.

“Telugu Proverb:
తామరాకులో నీళ్లు తల్లడించినట్టు,”
— ,English Translation:
Like a drop of water on a lotus leaf.A very unsettled state.

“Telugu Proverb:
తాబోతే మజ్జిగలేదంటే, పెరుగుకు చీటివ్రాయుమన్నట్టు”
— English Translation:
After being refused butter-milk, when he went himself, he ordered his servant to write for curds.After being refused a trifling request, to demand authoritatively some thing much greater.

“Telugu Proverb:
తాబోతూ బొల్లి యెద్దుకు కుడితి”
— English Translation:
When about to go off herself, [she ordered] the white ox [to be fed with] rice washings.Applied to the absurdity of a person troubling himself with affairs in which he has no longer any interest.

“Telugu Proverb:
తాబెట్టినది ముషిణిమొక్క అయినా చేపట్టవలెను”
— English Translation:
What he has planted although it be Strychnine he must cherish.Mushini Mokka is the Strychnos Nux-Vomica.A patron must not forsake his dependent under any circumstances.

“Telugu Proverb:
తానొకటి తలిస్తే దైవమొకటి తలిచినది”
— English Translation:
When he planned one thing, God planned another.Man proposes, God disposes.

“Telugu Proverb:
తాపుల గొడ్డుకు రోలడ్డము”
— English Translation:
A mortar is a [sure] check to a runaway cow.When tied to its neck.Applied to measures which to check the progress of crime.

“Telugu Proverb:
తానే తుమ్మి తానే శతాయుస్సు అనుకొన్నట్టు”
— English Translation:
After sneezing he blessed himself saying “May you live a hundred years!”A joke.The blessing ought to come from another.

“Telugu Proverb:
తానూ వక మనిషేనా తవుడూ వక రొట్టేనా”
— English Translation:
He calls himself a man, and the bran he eats, bread.A vulgar person taking airs.

“Telugu Proverb:
తానూ గాక పిల్లి కూడానా”
— English Translation:
Is a cat to come as well as himself ?Said when a man who is already a burden upon others, brings some one else with him. Amongst the Hindus a cat is an evil omen.

“Telugu Proverb:
తాను మింగేది తనను మింగేది చూచుకోవలశినది”
— English Translation:
You should look what you can swallow, and what can swallow you.Look before you leap.

“Telugu Proverb:
తానుబోను దోవలేదు డోలు వకటి మెడను”
— English Translation:
When there is no room for him to pass himself, he hangs a, big drum round his neck.Said of a man who tries to provide for another, when he has difficulty in managing for himself.