ProverbPedia

Telugu Proverb:
తులసి వనములో గంజాయి మొక్క మొలిచినట్టు
English Translation:
Like a hemp plant growing in a Tulasi garden.(For Ganjayi see No. 1034. )A black sheep in the family.

Telugu Proverb:
తులసి కోటలో వుమ్మేశినా వేమిరా అంటే, యజ్ఞవేదిక అనుకొన్నాను అన్నాడట
English Translation:
When a man was asked why he spat on the Tulasi-Kota, he replied that he thought it was an altar.The irreverent answer of a sacrilegious sceptic, an altar being still more sacred-Talusi is the holy basil (Ocimum Sacrum). Tulasi-kôta is the Telugu name for the altar-like bed in which it is grown, in the inner yard of a Hindu house.

Telugu Proverb:
తురకలు లేని వూళ్లో దూదేకులవాడు సయ్యదుమియ్యా
English Translation:
In a village where there are no Mussulmans, the cotton cleaner is Saiyid Miyan.He is made much of.—The Saiyids are the high-born descendants of Russia, grandson of Muhammad. Miyan is a title. The cotton cleaners are 'mongrel Mussulmans.' (Brown).

Telugu Proverb:
తురకలు గొట్టగా చుక్కకెదురా
English Translation:
When a Mussulman raid is expected is one [afraid of] facing Venus ?Are omens observed in times of danger ?Necessity has no law. (Latin)

Telugu Proverb:
తురక దాసరికి యీత మజ్జిగ
English Translation:
The butter-milk of a Mussulman mendicant is Toddy.Applied to pretended sanctity.

Telugu Proverb:
తుమ్ము తమ్ముడై చెప్పును
English Translation:
A sneeze warns you as a younger brother.On the commencement of an undertaking, if any one sneezes it is considered a bad omen.

Telugu Proverb:
తుమ్మితే పొయ్యేముక్కు యెన్నాళ్లు వుండును
English Translation:
If your nose won’t stand sneezing how long will it last ?

Telugu Proverb:
తుప్పర్ల పసేగాని, మంత్రాల పస లేదు
English Translation:
The beauty of his slobberings, not of his mantras

Telugu Proverb:
తుడుం తుడుం అంటే, దురాయి దురాయి అన్నట్టు
English Translation:
When the drum sounded “tudum, tudum” a man called out “durayi, durayi.”Tudum is the (onomatopoetic) name of a kind of drum (Tom-tom ). Durayi is a form of adjuration in the name of Government.

Telugu Proverb:
తుంటిమీద కొట్టితే పండ్లు రాలినవట
English Translation:
When the man received a blow on his back, he cried out that he had lost his teeth.Applied to inappropriate actions or words.

Telugu Proverb:
తీట పట్టినవాడు గోకుకొంటాడు
English Translation:
The man with itch scratches himselfLet him that itches scratch himself. (french)

Telugu Proverb:
తీగె పట్టుకొంటే, పొద అంతా కదిలినట్టు.",
,English Translation: When the creeper was pulled the whole bush shook.Injury to the head of the house reaches to all the members.