ProverbPedia

Telugu Proverb:
నాకూ నా పిల్లలకూ నూరేండ్లు ఆయుస్సు, నా పెనిమిటికి లోకము తోటిపాటు
English Translation:
As for me and my children, let our age be a hundred years ; as for my husband, let him take his chance in the world.The prayer of a. wife who did not love her lord.

Telugu Proverb:
నాకూ శిగ్గులేదు, రేపు వచ్చే అమావాస్యకూ శిగ్గులేదు
English Translation:
I am not ashamed, the Amavasya which is coming to-morrow is not ashamed.

Telugu Proverb:
నాకు ఆయుష్యమస్తు, నాకు ఆరోగ్యమస్తు
English Translation:
Let me have long life! let me have health!A selfish man blessing himself.Priests bless themselves first. (Gel-1mm)‘' PNIen segnen slch want. ​1252. నాకు పరీక్షా, నా రాగి చెంబుకు పరీక్షా.Am I to be examined, or is my copper pot ?Said by an ignorant Vaidika who with great pretentions lo learning knew nothing, and wished his pot to be examined instead of himself.

Telugu Proverb:
నాం బడా, దర్శన్ థోడా
English Translation:
Great in name, but little to look at.The words of this proverb are Hindustani.

Telugu Proverb:
నవ్వే ఆడదాన్నీ యేడ్చే మొగవాణ్ణీ నమ్మరాదు
English Translation:
A laughing woman and a crying man should not be trusted.

Telugu Proverb:
నవ్వు నాలుగందాల నష్టకారి
English Translation:
Silly laughter produces much harm.Laughter is the hiccup of a fool.

Telugu Proverb:
నవ్వుతూ తిట్టితివో నరకాన పడితివో
English Translation:
Laughing, you reviled, and you have fallen into hell!

Telugu Proverb:
నవ్విన నాపచేనే పండుతున్నది
English Translation:
The field of young millet which is laughed at will be fruitful.Hindu cultivators assemble round a field which is in want of rain and laugh at it, taunting it with its unfruitfulness. By this means they believe that rain is brought down.

Telugu Proverb:
నవిలేవానికన్నా మింగేవాడు ఘనుడు
English Translation:
He who swallows is better off than he who chews.He gets along at a greater pace. (iceNo. 1585-)Said of an energetic man. ​1245. నవ్వ చెప్పేవాడు చెడ జెప్పును, యేడవ చెప్పేవాడు బ్రతక చెప్పును.He who speaks to make you laugh, speaks to your ruin ; he who speaks to make you weep, speaks to your profit.A friend's frown is better than a fool’: smile.

Telugu Proverb:
నవాబు సాతుల్లా ఖాన్ అవ్య నాటిది
English Translation:
Of the days of Nawab Sa’adat-ullah K_han’s grandmother.A: old as the hills.

Telugu Proverb:
నవాయతీ పొట్టా తమలపాకులు కట్టా తడువుతూ వుండవలెను
English Translation:
You must keep a Nawayati lad and a bundle of betel leaveswet. Nawfiyatr' is a sect of Muhammadans ( See the "" Qanoon-e-Islam” page 12 et seq. ).—Weter is thrown on betel leaves by thebazar-men to keepthem fresh and to prevent their being blown away.

Telugu Proverb:
నల్లేరు మీద బండి పారినట్టు
English Translation:
Like a cart running over Nalléru.Nalleru is the Vitis ( Cissus ) Quadrangularis.