ProverbPedia

Telugu Proverb:
చాకల అత్తా, మంగల మామ
English Translation:
A washerwoman of a mother-in-law, a barber of a father-in-law.A man abusing his wife’s parents.

Telugu Proverb:
చా అంటే, తూ అనలేడు
English Translation:
When one says “cha” (and), he cannot answer “ tu” (but).

Telugu Proverb:
చస్తానని చద్ది అన్నము తింటే, చల్లగా నిద్ర వచ్చినదట
English Translation:
Saying she would die ( kill herself) she made a great break-fast and had a fine sleep.A trick to get a good meal, as she said it was to be her last.

Telugu Proverb:
చలిపందిటి కుండలలో రాళ్లు వేశినట్టు
English Translation:
Like throwing stones at the pots in a water-shed.

Telugu Proverb:
చవక అయితే బాజారుకు వస్తున్నది
English Translation:
When cheap it comes to the bazar.

Telugu Proverb:
చవక దూబరదిండికి కారణము
English Translation:
Cheapness causes extravagance.A good bargain is a pick purse.What is not needed is dear at a farthinng. (Latin)

Telugu Proverb:
చల్లకు వచ్చి ముంత దాచుకొన్నట్టు
English Translation:
Coming to beg buttermilk and hiding the cup.Pride with poverty.Pride and poverty are ill met yet often together.

Telugu Proverb:
చన్నీళ్లయినా చల్లార్చుకొని తాగ వలెను
English Translation:
Even cold Water should be drunk slowly.There is a pun here on the word చల్లార్చుకొని which also means “having cooled.”Nothing should be done hastily.Good and quickly seldom meet.Haste trips up its own heels.

Telugu Proverb:
చలిపందిటి కుండలకు తూట్లు పొడిచినట్టు
English Translation:
Like making holes in the pots in a water-shed.The water-shed in India corresponds to the drinking-fountain in Europe.A despicable trick.

Telugu Proverb:
చద్ది తెచ్చుకున్న బ్రాహ్మణుడా భోజనము చెయ్యి
English Translation:
O Brahman! if you have brought food, eat it.Said to a selfish man who bores others by talking everlastingly of his own concerns.20

Telugu Proverb:
చద్దికూడు తిన్నమ్మ మొగుడి ఆకలి యెరగదు
English Translation:
The wife who has eaten breakfast [at home] does not think of her husband’s hunger.Little knows the fat sow what the lean one means.The full belly does not believe in hunger. (Italian.)

Telugu Proverb:
చద్దికంటే వూరగాయ ఘనము
English Translation:
The best part of the cold food is the pickle.