ProverbPedia

Telugu Proverb:
తీగెకు కాయ బరువా
English Translation:
Is the gourd too heavy for the creeper ?Applied to having a large family to support.

Telugu Proverb:
తిలాః పాపహరా నిత్యం, తలా పిడికెడు పిడికెడు
English Translation:
Sesamum seed always takes away sin, [give them] a handful a head.Tila is the Sesamum Indicum.A jocose proverb, half Sanscrit, half Telugu.

Telugu Proverb:
తిరిపెపు మజ్జిగకు వచ్చి పాడి బర్రెను బేరము చేశినట్టు
English Translation:
Like coming to beg buttermilk, and bargaining for tho milch buffalo.Pretended wealth.

Telugu Proverb:
తిరపతి మంగలవాడివత్తు
English Translation:
Like the Tirapati barber.Has it all his own way. Pilgrims visiting the place have to get their heads shaved, and as one man has the entire monopoly he keeps them waiting for hours, taking payment in advance and shaving a little bit of one man's head and then a little bit of another, to prevent them from going away.Applied to a person selfishly taking work out of others’ bands which he is unable to complete himself.

Telugu Proverb:
తిరపతికి పోగానే తురక దాసరి అవునా
English Translation:
Will a Mussulman become a Dasari by going to Tirapati ?Tirapati (prop. Tirupati) is a sacred hill about 80 miles from Madras.

Telugu Proverb:
తిరగ మరిగిన కాలూ తిట్ట మరిగిన నోరూ వూరకుండవు
English Translation:
The feet which are wont to wander, and the mouth which is accustomed to abuse, will never be quiet.

Telugu Proverb:
తియ్యని రోగములూ, కమ్మని మందులూ వున్నవా
English Translation:
Are there sweet diseases, and delicious medicines ?

Telugu Proverb:
తియ్యగా తియ్యగా రాగము, మూలగగా మూలగగా రోగము.",
,English Translation: The more you practise the better you will sing; the more you groan the more will your illness increase.

Telugu Proverb:
తిమ్మిని బ్రహ్మినీ, బ్రహ్మిని తిమ్మినీ చేస్తాడు
English Translation:
He makes Timmi into Brâhmi and Brâhmi into Timmi.'Timmi is a familiar name for a she-monkey; Brâhmi (in the Proverb incorrectly Brahmi) is a name of Saraswati, wife of Brahma.He calls evil good, and good evil.25

Telugu Proverb:
తిమ్మన్న బంతికి తియ్యచారే అన్నము
English Translation:
To a set of monkey-like scamps tasteless broth and plain rice [should be served].

Telugu Proverb:
తిన్నవాడే మన్నవాడు, మన్నవాడే మహారాజు
English Translation:
He that ate prospered, and he that prospered became a Mahârâja.

Telugu Proverb:
తిన్నయింటి వాసాలు యెన్నేవాడు
English Translation:
A man that counts the rafters of his benefactor’s house.A story is told of a man who counted the rafters, &c., of a house in order that he might take possession of it and found his claim to it on this knowledge. Hence the term is applied to a person basely attempting to swindle another, who had befriended him, out of his property.All’s lost that’s put into a riven dish.