ProverbPedia

“Telugu Proverb:
గానుగ రోట్లో చెయ్యి పెట్టి పెరుమాళ్ల కృప అన్నట్టు”
— English Translation:
Putting your hand into an oil press, and saying “The favour of Perumal (Vishnu ) be upon me”Tempting Providence.Put your finger in the fire, and say ‘test your ill fortune.

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— English Translation:
He said that he himself would support his wife and family in dearth and in plenty, so long as the bin was full of corn.

“Telugu Proverb:
గాదెకింది యెలుక గాదెకింద బ్రతుక వలెనుగాని, మరియెక్కడ బ్రతుకుతుంది”
— English Translation:
The rat below the corn bin must live below the corn bin, where else can it live ?Said of an idle parasite. ​

“Telugu Proverb:
గాడిదె పుండుకు బూడిదె మందు”
— English Translation:
Ashes are the remedy for a deep ulcer.Severe measures must be used with the incorrigible.Desperate ills require desperate remedies. (French)

“Telugu Proverb:
గాడిదెపిల్ల కోమలము,”
— ,English Translation:
The mildness of a young donkey.Seemingly good but really useless.

“Telugu Proverb:
గాడిదె గత్తర”
— English Translation:
A donkey’s row.A noisy brawl.Nothing passes between asses but kicks. (Italian)

“Telugu Proverb:
గాజుల బేరము భోజనానకు సరి”
— English Translation:
By trading in glass bracelets a bare subsistence only can be obtained.Because so many break.Applied to any business which is attended with heavy losses.

“Telugu Proverb:
గాడిదె గంపెడు వూక తిన్నది అన్నట్టు”
— English Translation:
Like saying that a donkey has eaten a basketful of husk.Nothing wonderful.

“Telugu Proverb:
గాండ్లవాని ఆశ గోతమున్ను పట్టదు”
— English Translation:
The oil-crusher’s greediness cannot be contained even in a sack.But little oil is extracted from a large quantity of seed.

“Telugu Proverb:
గాజుల గుదికి రోకలి పూనినట్లు”
— English Translation:
Like using a rice-pounder for [carrying] a bunch of glass bracelets.When put down, the weight of the stick would break the bracelets.A foolish action. ​

“Telugu Proverb:
గరుడాయ లెస్సా అంటే, శేషాయ లెస్సా అన్నట్టు”
— English Translation:
“How are you Garuda?” said the snake Sésha, “How are you Sésha?” replied the kite.Sésha took advantage of his position on the wrist of Siva to address Garuda, the sacred kite of Vishnu, in an impertinently familiar manner, to which Garuda was compelled to submit.A mean person taking advantage of his influence with a great man, to treat his betters with insolence.

“Telugu Proverb:
గతిలేనమ్మకు గంజే పానకము”
— English Translation:
Rice water is a rich drink to a poor lady.Panakam is a rich beverage made of expensive materials.

“Telugu Proverb:
గతిలేనమ్మకు మతిలేని మొగుడు”
— English Translation:
A helpless woman will get a foolish husband. ​

“Telugu Proverb:
గబ్బిలము ఆకాశము పడకుండా పట్టుకొంటావనుకొన్నట్టు”
— English Translation:
Like the bat which thinks it holds up the sky and keeps it from falling.Said of a man who thinks everything depends on himself.

“Telugu Proverb:
గడ్డము కాలి వొకడు యేడుస్తూ వుంటే, చుట్టకు నిప్పు యిమ్మని వొకడు వెంబడించినట్టు”
— English Translation:
When one man was crying out that his board was on fire another followed him asking him for a light for his cigar.If my beard is burnt, others try to light their pipes at it. (Turkish.)¤

“Telugu Proverb:
గడ్డపలుగులు మింగి శొంఠి కషాయాలు తాగినట్టు”
— English Translation:
Swallowing crowbars and taking ginger draughts.An insufficient remedy.