ProverbPedia

“Telugu Proverb:
గురువుతో గుద్దులాటా”
— English Translation:
May a man fight with his Guru?

“Telugu Proverb:
గుర్రము గుడ్డిదయినా దాణాలో తక్కువ వుండదు”
— English Translation:
Although the horse be blind, he won’t eat less corn.Supporting a useless person.A bad horse eats as much as a good one. (Dutch.)

“Telugu Proverb:
గురువును మించిన శిష్యుడు”
— English Translation:
A disciple greater than his Guru.Said of an insolent fellow.

“Telugu Proverb:
గురువు మాట మీరరాదు, గడ్డపార మింగరాదు”
— English Translation:
You should not transgress the commandment of your Guru, nor swallow a crowbar.The first is as bad for you as the second.

“Telugu Proverb:
గురువుకు పంగనామాలు పెట్టినట్టు”
— English Translation:
To put Panganamams on your Guru.To outwit him.Panganamam is a very large Namam, the sectarial mark worn on the forehead by Vaishnavas. ​

“Telugu Proverb:
గురువింద గింజ తన యెరుపేగాని ముడ్డి కింది నలుపు యెరగదు”
— English Translation:
The Guruvinda seed knows its redness, but not the blackness of its lower part.A man values himself highly, but does not know his own defects.No one sees his own faults. (German.)

“Telugu Proverb:
గుమ్మడికాయ పొయ్యే దారి యెరగడు, ఆవగింజ పొయ్యే దారి అట్టే పట్టి చూస్తాడు”
— English Translation:
He does not know the way the pumpkin goes, but troubles himself to find the way the mustard seed goes.

“Telugu Proverb:
గుమ్మళ్లు కుళ్లినవి, ఆవాలు అల్లినవి”
— English Translation:
The pumpkins have become rotten, the mustard plants have spread.Said when the base and wicked rise in power and the great and good disappear.

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— English Translation:
When the thief who stole the pumpkin was spoken of, he felt his shoulders.Thinking some mark might have been left.A guilty conscience needs no accuser.He that has a mucklc nose thinks ilka ane is speaking o't. (Scotch)

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— English Translation:
When Gutala Poli was told to amend her ways, she said she would rather break off the match.Obstinnte behaviour. Stubborn conduct. ​

“Telugu Proverb:
గుడ్డివాడెరుగునా కుందనపు చాయ”
— English Translation:
Can a blind man discern the colour of pure gold?An uneducated man cannot judge of the attainments of the learned.A blind man is no judge of colours. (Italian)A pebble and a diamond are alike to a blind man.

“Telugu Proverb:
గుడ్డు వచ్చి పిల్లను యెక్కిరించినది”
— English Translation:
The egg made faces at the chicken.Mocking and mimicking a superior.

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— English Translation:
When she said “I salute you, O blind father-in-law !” he replied “ Is this the commencement of strife? O adulterous daughter-in-law !”Let him that has a glass skull not take to stone throwing. (Italian)

“Telugu Proverb:
గుడ్డి యెద్దు జొన్న చేన పడ్డట్టు”
— English Translation:
Like a blind bullock going into a field of millet.Not able to get much out of it.

“Telugu Proverb:
గుడ్డి గుర్రానకు పండ్లు తోముతున్నాడు”
— English Translation:
He is cleaning the teeth of a blind horse.Unprofitnble employment.He is teaching a pig to play on a flute. ​

“Telugu Proverb:
గుడ్డి నక్క వురిన పడ్డట్టు”
— English Translation:
Like the blind jackal falling into the snare.