ProverbPedia

“Telugu Proverb:
గోనెలకంటే గోతాలు మెండు”
— English Translation:
There are more small sacks than big ones.

“Telugu Proverb:
గోట మీటితే పొయ్యే పనికి గొడ్డలి యెందుకు”
— English Translation:
Why an axe for, that which can be done with a fillip of the nail?Unnecessary labour.

“Telugu Proverb:
గోడ మీది సున్నము విడయములోకి పనికి వచ్చునా”
— English Translation:
Will the chunam on the wall be fit for betel leaf ?A little fine chunam (lime) is commonly eaten with betel.Said of a man who does not serve his friends.

“Telugu Proverb:
గోడ పెట్టూ, చెంప పెట్టూ.",”
— ,English Translation:
A slap in the face for knocking one’s head against the wall.Misfortunes seldom come alone.

“Telugu Proverb:
గోడ వుంటే చిత్రము వ్రాయ వచ్చును”
— English Translation:
If there is a wall you can draw on it.

“Telugu Proverb:
గోడకు పెట్టిన సున్నమూ, లంజకు పెటిన సొమ్మూ”
— English Translation:
Lime put on a wall, money given to a harlot.No return.

“Telugu Proverb:
గోచి పాతల రాయడు దొంగల మిండడు”
— English Translation:
Mr. Clout-Ragamuffin is the robbers’ master.He that has nothing is frighted at nothing.There is no stripping a naked man. (German)

“Telugu Proverb:
గోంగూరలో చింతకాయ వేశినట్టు”
— English Translation:
Like mixing unripe tamarinds with Gogu greens.Gogu or Gongura is the Hibiscus Cannabinus.A combination of evil persons.

“Telugu Proverb:
గోచికి పెద్ద, అంగవస్త్రముకు చిన్న”
— English Translation:
Too big for a clout, too small for a body-cloth.Neither one thing nor the other.Too little and too much spoils everything. (Danish)Not too little, not too much. (German)

“Telugu Proverb:
గొల్లవారింటి పెండ్లి తెల్లవారింది”
— English Translation:
The morning dawns before the shepherds’ marriage is begun.They have so many disputes that nothing can be settled.

“Telugu Proverb:
గొల్లవాడి కొమ్ము యెచ్చనూ యెచ్చదు, తగ్గనూ తగ్గదు",”
— ,English Translation:
The shepherd’s Kavadi neither rises nor sinks.Because he does not swing his pots on each end.The fortunes of a sheep-farmer are subject to sudden reverses.Applied to a precarious mode of living.

“Telugu Proverb:
గొర్రెను తినేవాడు పోతే, బర్రెను తినేవాడు వచ్చినట్టు”
— English Translation:
When the man who ate sheep went, a man who ate buffalos came.Parting with one rascal and getting a greater scoundrel in his place.

“Telugu Proverb:
గొర్రెలలో తోడేలు జొరబడ్డట్టు”
— English Translation:
Like a wolf rushing in among sheep.Easy prey.

“Telugu Proverb:
గొర్రె కొవ్వితే గొల్లవాడికే లాభము”
— English Translation:
If the sheep gets fat, it is for the benefit of the shepherd.If the servant does in a huff more work than he is told, it is for the benefit of his master. The term translated gets fat also signifies “becomes proud.”

“Telugu Proverb:
గొర్రె కోశేవాణ్నిగాని నమ్మదు”
— English Translation:
The sheep only trusts him who cuts its throat.The simple and unwary only trust their deceivers.

“Telugu Proverb:
గొడ్డువాడు గొడ్డుకు యేడిస్తే, గొడారివాడు తోలుకు యేడ్చినాడు”
— English Translation:
When the owner cried for the cow [he had lost,] the shoe maker cried for the hide.It is an ill wind that blows nobody good.