ProverbPedia

“Telugu Proverb:
చేనిలో పుట్టిన బీడు యెక్కడికి పోను”
— English Translation:
Can the waste land be taken out of the field ?You. must take the fat with the lean.

“Telugu Proverb:
చేనిపంట కొయ్యగాలే చెప్పుతుంది”
— English Translation:
The stubble tells the produce of the field.A slight acquaintance suffices to tell what a man is made of.

“Telugu Proverb:
చేదు తింటారా చెట్లు కొడతారా”
— English Translation:
Are you eating bitter or cutting down trees ?Said of anything easy, or profitable.

“Telugu Proverb:
చెవాకు పోయినమ్మకు యెంత వ్యసనమో, దొరికినమ్మకు అంత సంతోషము.",”
— ,English Translation:
The lady who found the ear-ornament was as glad as the lady who lost it was sorry.Ill-luck is good for something. (French)

“Telugu Proverb:
చెవుడు చెవుడూ అంటే, తవుడు తవుడూ అంటాడు”
— English Translation:
When they call out “Deaf man! Deaf man!” he answers “[I’ve got] Bran, Bran!”The jingle of the Telugu words is similar to that of the English equivalents.

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— English Translation:
When a horn was sounded in the ears of a deaf man, he said “ to bite that is more than your fathers before you could do.”Applied to a stubborn person.

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— English Translation:
When the deaf old lady was asked to bring the well-rope, she replied “I have never seen earrings in all my life.”Applied to a stupid person not doing what he is told.

“Telugu Proverb:
చెల్లీ చెల్లడములకు శెట్టిగారు వున్నారు”
— English Translation:
The Setti is here to test the genuineness.A fool travelling with a Setti [merchant] was plundered. On the robbers’ questioning the genuineness of the coin, the man referred to his rich friend who had up to that time escaped their observation.To injure a friend unwittingly, from stupidity.

“Telugu Proverb:
చెరువు మీద అలిగి కాళ్లు కడుక్కోక పోయినట్టు”
— English Translation:
Getting into a pet with the tank, he would not wash his feet in it.When a man grows angry, his reason rides out.

“Telugu Proverb:
చెరుకు తినడానకు కూలి యివ్వ వలెనా”
— English Translation:
Is hire to be paid for eating sugar-cane ?

“Telugu Proverb:
చెరుకు వంకబోతే తీపు చెడునా”
— English Translation:
Though the sugar-cane is crooked, will it lose its sweetness ?Good blood cannot lie. (French)

“Telugu Proverb:
చెరుకు తీపి అని వేళ్లతో నమలవచ్చునా”
— English Translation:
Because the sugar-cane is sweet are you to chew it with the roots ?Said of a greedy, grasping person.Milk the cow, but don't pull off the udder. (Dutch.)Give him an inch and he’ll take an all.Give a clown your finger and he will take your whole hand.

“Telugu Proverb:
చెరుకా బెల్లము పెట్టమంటే పెట్టునా”
— English Translation:
If you ask the sugar-cane to give you molasses will it do so ?Strong measures must be used with stubborn folk.

“Telugu Proverb:
చెరపకురా చెడేవు, వురకకురా పడేవు”
— English Translation:
Ruin not others, lest thou be ruined thyself; run not, lest thou fall.He falls into the pit who leads another into it. (Spanish.)

“Telugu Proverb:
చెయ్యి చూపి అవలక్షణము అనిపించుకొన్నట్టు”
— English Translation:
Pointing with the hand, and being called a luckless fellow.Indiscreetly accusing a person openly of something which you are not able to prove.A fool's tongue is long enough to cut his own throat.Hear, see, and say nothing, if you wish to live in peace. (Italian)

“Telugu Proverb:
చెప్పే వాడికి శిగ్గు లేకపోతే, వినేవాడికయినా వివేకము వద్దా”
— English Translation:
When the slanderer has no shame should not the bearer at least use discrimination ?Should he not swallow it cum grano salis ?Though the speaker be a fool let the hearer be wise. (Spanish.)Hear the other side, and believe little. (Italian)Every man’s tale is gude till anither's be tould. (Scotch)