ProverbPedia

“Telugu Proverb:
తాగేది దమ్మిడీ గంజాయి, యిల్లంతా చెడు వుమ్ములు”
— English Translation:
He smokes half a farthing’s worth of Ganjayi, and fouls the whole house with spittle.Ganjayi (Hind. Ganjha) is the hemp plant (Cannabis Sativa) the leaves or young leaf-buds of which are bruised and smoked to produce intoxication. In its liquid form it is called Bhang.—A Dammidi is the twelfth of an ana ( anna ).Great injury caused by a little evil.

“Telugu Proverb:
తాగబోతే దప్పికి లేదు, తలకు అటకలి”
— English Translation:
Not a morsel to eat, but Atakali for his head.Atakali is an expensive preparation used for cleansing the head.

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— English Translation:
The cat which could not drink, upset the pot.

“Telugu Proverb:
తవ్వి మీద తోసుకొన్నట్టు”
— English Translation:
He dug and threw [the earth] on his own head.

“Telugu Proverb:
తవ్వగా తవ్వగా తథ్యం తేలుతున్నది”
— English Translation:
By digging and digging the truth is discovered.

“Telugu Proverb:
తవుడు తింటూ వయ్యారమా”
— English Translation:
Should a man strut who lives on bran ?

“Telugu Proverb:
తల్లి లేని పిల్ల వుల్లి లేని కూర”
— English Translation:
A motherless child is like a curry without onions.

“Telugu Proverb:
తల్లి రోశిన పిల్లను దాది రోయదా”
— English Translation:
Will not the nurse hate the child which is hated by its mother ?

“Telugu Proverb:
తల్లి పుట్టిల్లు మేనమామ వద్ద పొగడినట్టు”
— English Translation:
Will you boast of your mother’s family before your maternal uncle ?

“Telugu Proverb:
తల్లిని చూచి పిల్లనూ పాడిని చూచి బర్రెనూ తీసుకోవలెను”
— English Translation:
Look at the mother before you take the daughter; see how much milk the buffalo gives before you buy her.

“Telugu Proverb:
తల్లి దైవము, తండ్రి ధనము”
— English Translation:
A mother is a divinity, a father a treasure.

“Telugu Proverb:
తల్లిదే వలపక్షము, ధరణీదేవిదే వలపక్షము”
— English Translation:
Partiality belongs to a mother and to the earth.A mother is partial to some of her children, and the earth is unequal in its favors, bringing forth more for one than for another.

“Telugu Proverb:
తల్లిచెవులు తెంచిన వాడికి ముత్తవతల్లి చెవులు వెంట్రుక మాత్రము”
— English Translation:
The man who tears [the ornaments out of] his mother’s ears, will not care a rush for the ears of his great-grand mother.

“Telugu Proverb:
తల్లి చెవుల మద్దికాయలు దండగలకు, భార్య మెళ్లో పూసలు బోగాలవారికి”
— English Translation:
His mother’s ear-ornaments went to pay fines, and his wife’s necklace of beads to pay harlots.

“Telugu Proverb:
తల్లి చెవులకన్నా పినతల్లి చెవులే మేలు”
— English Translation:
The ears of the aunt are better than those of the mother.They are better supplied with ornaments.To neglect one having great claims, for another whose claims are inferior.

“Telugu Proverb:
తల్లిచాలు పిల్లకు తప్పుతున్నదా”
— English Translation:
Will the child (daughter) fail to follow in its mother’s track ?She hath a mark after. her mother.As the old cock crows, so crows the young.""As is the mother so is her daughter.” Ezekiel xvi. 44.