ProverbPedia

“Telugu Proverb:
తలగడ కింది పాము”
— English Translation:
A snake under the pillow.

“Telugu Proverb:
తల కోశి ముందర పెట్టితే, గారడీ విద్య అన్నట్టు.",”
— ,English Translation:
Though you out off your head and place it before him he would call it magic.Incredulity.

“Telugu Proverb:
తలకు మించిన ఆజ్ఞ లేదు”
— English Translation:
There is no sentence beyond the head.Do your worst, you can but cut my head off.

“Telugu Proverb:
తలకింది కొరివి”
— English Translation:
A brand under one’s head.A dangerous companion.

“Telugu Proverb:
తప్పూ వొప్పూ దైవమెరుగును, పప్పూ కూడూ బాపడెరుగును.",”
— ,English Translation:
God knows right and wrong; the Brahman knows Dal and rice.(For Dal sec No. 183. )

“Telugu Proverb:
తప్పులేని వారు ధరణిలో లేరు”
— English Translation:
There is not a blameless man in the world.There's none without a foul. (Scotch)Lifeless, faultless.

“Telugu Proverb:
తప్పులు వెతికేవాడు తండ్రి, ఒప్పులు వెతికేవాడు వోర్వలేనివాడు”
— English Translation:
The man who seeks out your faults is a father, but he that seeks for what is good in you is an envious person.You may be more thankful to the fault finder than to the good natured.

“Telugu Proverb:
తన్నేకాలికి రోలు అడ్డమయినట్టు”
— English Translation:
The mortar came in the way of the foot which kicked.A fortunate hindrance in the commission of an act of violence.

“Telugu Proverb:
తన వాశి తప్పితే, వొక వన్నె తరుగును”
— English Translation:
If virtue fails, honor decreases with it.

“Telugu Proverb:
తనవారు లోతుకు తీతురు, కానివారు కడకు తీతురు”
— English Translation:
His own people will pull him into the depth, his enemies will pull him to the bankEven an enemy is to be preferred to a relative in a time of danger.

“Telugu Proverb:
తన ముడ్డి కాకపోతే గంగదాకా దేకుమన్నట్టు”
— English Translation:
If not on my posteriors, crawl as far as Kasi (Benares).

“Telugu Proverb:
తన బలిమి కన్నా స్థాన బలిమి మేలు”
— English Translation:
The power of the place is greater than the power of the man.Every man is powerful in his own house.Every one is a king in his own house. (Portuguese)

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— English Translation:
When his Putti was found to be of short measure, he tested the Pandum and Para of his neighbour.Putti, Pandum and Para are measures of capacity.When a man was found cheating with a false measure, he tried to prove that his neighbour's measures were too large.

“Telugu Proverb:
తన పిల్ల తవిటికి యేడిస్తే, లంజపిల్ల రావిరేకకు యేడ్చినది.",”
— ,English Translation:
When the legitimate child cried for bran ( the poorest food ) the illegitimate child asked for an ornament.An unreasonable request at an inopportune time.

“Telugu Proverb:
తనను పొడిచిన గంగిగోవునయినా పొడిస్తే పాపములేదు”
— English Translation:
Killing a sacred cow that gores you is not sin.

“Telugu Proverb:
తన నీడ తనతోనే వుంటున్నది”
— English Translation:
A man’s shadow remains with himself.The fruits of a man’s actions go with him whether good or evil.