ProverbPedia

Telugu Proverb:
చూడ చుట్టమూ, మొక్క దైవమూ లేదు.",
,English Translation: No relation to visit or god to worship.Utterly destitute.

Telugu Proverb:
చూడ చుంచెలుక, గోడలుతవ్వ పందికొక్కు
English Translation:
To look at, it is like a musk rat, but to dig into walls it is like a bandicoot.Insignificant in appearance, but having the power of doing much harm.Little enemies and little wounds are not to be despised. (German.)

Telugu Proverb:
చూడగా చూడగా గుర్రము గాడిదె అయినది
English Translation:
As he looked and looked the horse turned out a donkey.By close inspection the true state is known.

Telugu Proverb:
చూచినదెల్లా సుంకము, పాశినదెల్లా పంకము.",
,English Translation: Every thing that is seen [is subjected to the payment of] duty; and every thing that is rotten [is thrown away in the] mud.Excessive demands.

Telugu Proverb:
చూచినది పాము, కరచినది మామిడి తెంక
English Translation:
What he saw was a snake, that which hit him was a mango stone.After seeing the snake, he had trodden on a split mango stone which nipped his toe.Flabbergasted with fright.

Telugu Proverb:
చుట్టూ చూరమంగళం, నడమ జయమంగళం
English Translation:
The eaves are all in good order, and there is a joyful song in the court.Expressive of prosperity.

Telugu Proverb:
చుట్టమని చూడవస్తే, యింటివారంతా దయ్యాలై పట్టుకొన్నారట
English Translation:
When he paid a visit to his relations, they all caught hold of him like devils.To get something out of him.

Telugu Proverb:
చీర సింగారించేటప్పటికి పట్నమంతా చూరబోయినట్టు
English Translation:
By the time he had finished equipping himself, the whole town was plundered.Procrastination on the part of a boaster to conceal his cowardice or ignorance.

Telugu Proverb:
చీర పిట్టకు దొమ్మ తెగులు
English Translation:
A white louse with the staggers.The Hindus’ cure for the staggers is branding the flanks and legs with a ploughshare.Applied to measures quite out of proportion ;to the necessities of the case.

Telugu Proverb:
చీపరకట్టకు పట్టుకుచ్చు కట్టినట్టు
English Translation:
A silk tassel to a broom.The grand appearance of a worthless person.A leaden sword in an ivory scabbard.

Telugu Proverb:
చీర కట్టినమ్మ శృంగారము చూడు, గుడ్డ కట్టినమ్మ కులుకు చూడు.",
,English Translation: Look at the finery of the well dressed and the strut of the poorly dressed woman.

Telugu Proverb:
చీకట్లో జీవరత్నము
English Translation:
A brilliant gem in the darkness.A bright exception among a bad lot.