ProverbPedia

“Telugu Proverb:
గొరగగా మిగిలినది జుట్టు”
— English Translation:
After shaving, all that is left is the top-lock.To sponge on another until he has nothing left.After shaving there is nothing to shear. (Italian)

“Telugu Proverb:
గొడ్డుపోతు యేమి యెరుగురా బిడ్డ చవి”
— English Translation:
What does the barren woman know of the pleasure of having children ?He who has no children knows not what is love. (Italian)19

“Telugu Proverb:
గొడ్రాలికి యేమి తెలుసును బిడ్ద నొప్పులు”
— English Translation:
What does the barren woman know of the pains of child birth ?

“Telugu Proverb:
గొడ్ల కాచేవాణ్ని కొట్టనివాడున్ను, గొర్రెల కాచేవాణ్ని తిట్టనివాడున్ను లేడు”
— English Translation:
There is no person who has not struck a herdsman, or abused a shepherdDespised people.

“Telugu Proverb:
గొడారివాని వద్ద తోలు కొన్నట్టు”
— English Translation:
Like buying leather from a shoemaker.Purchasing at unreasonable prices. The shoemaker buys his leather to make up, not to retail to others.

“Telugu Proverb:
గొంతు కోశేవాడు కత్తి యేమారునా”
— English Translation:
Will a cut-throat forget his knife ?

“Telugu Proverb:
గృహప్రవేశముకు వెళ్లుతూ గుడ్ల గూబను తోడుతీసుకొని పోయినట్టు”
— English Translation:
Like taking an owl with you to the ceremony of entering a a new house.Grihapravesa is a ceremony only to be performed at an auspicious hour and in the absence of every bad omen. The owl is a peculiarly bad omen.Keeping company with your ill-wishers.

“Telugu Proverb:
గువ్వ గూడెక్కెను, అవ్వ మంచమెక్కెను”
— English Translation:
The owl took to its nest, the grandmother took to her bed.

“Telugu Proverb:
గూనివాడు పడుకునేవల్ల గూనివానికే తెలుసును”
— English Translation:
The humpback alone knows how he can lie comfortably.Every man knows but where his own shoe pinches. (Scotch)

“Telugu Proverb:
గుళ్లో దేవునికి నైవేద్యము లేకుంటే, పూజారి పుళిహోరకు యేడ్చినాడట",”
— ,"English Translation:
While the idol in the temple was in want of Naivédyam, the priest cried for Pulihora.Pulihora is a more expensive ofl‘ering prepared with acid.

“Telugu Proverb:
గూనికి తోడు గుర్రపు వాయువు”
— English Translation:
A humpbacked man with convulsions.(Sec Nos. 1755, 1830.)

“Telugu Proverb:
గుర్రానికి తోక వుంటే తానే విసురుకొంటుందిగాని, సావిట్లో వుండే గుర్రాలకన్నిటికీ విసురుతున్నదా”
— English Translation:
If the horse has a tail, it drives away its own flies; does it drive away the flies from all the horses in the stable ?Said when a selfish person is exalted.An ill man in oflice is a mischief to the public.

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— English Translation:
The Reddi fed his dog like a horse, and barked himself.To pay a. servant extravagantly and do his work yourself. ​

“Telugu Proverb:
గుర్రానికి గుగ్గిళ్ళు తిన నేర్పవలెనా”
— English Translation:
Must one teach a horse to eat boiled gram ?Teach your grandmother to suck eggs.

“Telugu Proverb:
గుర్రమును తిన్న కుక్క అదేమి బ్రతుకును”
— English Translation:
How can a dog which has eaten a horse live?

“Telugu Proverb:
గుర్రము చచ్చినదిగాక గుంట తవ్వ వొక రూక”
— English Translation:
In addition to the horse’s death, a fanam [must be paid] for digging a pit [to bury it in].Loss upon loss.After one loss come many. (French)