ProverbPedia

Telugu Proverb:
గోచికి పెద్ద, అంగవస్త్రముకు చిన్న
English Translation:
Too big for a clout, too small for a body-cloth.Neither one thing nor the other.Too little and too much spoils everything. (Danish)Not too little, not too much. (German)

Telugu Proverb:
గొల్లవారింటి పెండ్లి తెల్లవారింది
English Translation:
The morning dawns before the shepherds’ marriage is begun.They have so many disputes that nothing can be settled.

Telugu Proverb:
గొల్లవాడి కొమ్ము యెచ్చనూ యెచ్చదు, తగ్గనూ తగ్గదు",
,English Translation: The shepherd’s Kavadi neither rises nor sinks.Because he does not swing his pots on each end.The fortunes of a sheep-farmer are subject to sudden reverses.Applied to a precarious mode of living.

Telugu Proverb:
గొర్రెను తినేవాడు పోతే, బర్రెను తినేవాడు వచ్చినట్టు
English Translation:
When the man who ate sheep went, a man who ate buffalos came.Parting with one rascal and getting a greater scoundrel in his place.

Telugu Proverb:
గొర్రెలలో తోడేలు జొరబడ్డట్టు
English Translation:
Like a wolf rushing in among sheep.Easy prey.

Telugu Proverb:
గొర్రె కొవ్వితే గొల్లవాడికే లాభము
English Translation:
If the sheep gets fat, it is for the benefit of the shepherd.If the servant does in a huff more work than he is told, it is for the benefit of his master. The term translated gets fat also signifies “becomes proud.”

Telugu Proverb:
గొర్రె కోశేవాణ్నిగాని నమ్మదు
English Translation:
The sheep only trusts him who cuts its throat.The simple and unwary only trust their deceivers.

Telugu Proverb:
గొడ్డువాడు గొడ్డుకు యేడిస్తే, గొడారివాడు తోలుకు యేడ్చినాడు
English Translation:
When the owner cried for the cow [he had lost,] the shoe maker cried for the hide.It is an ill wind that blows nobody good.

Telugu Proverb:
గొరగగా మిగిలినది జుట్టు
English Translation:
After shaving, all that is left is the top-lock.To sponge on another until he has nothing left.After shaving there is nothing to shear. (Italian)

Telugu Proverb:
గొడ్డుపోతు యేమి యెరుగురా బిడ్డ చవి
English Translation:
What does the barren woman know of the pleasure of having children ?He who has no children knows not what is love. (Italian)19

Telugu Proverb:
గొడ్రాలికి యేమి తెలుసును బిడ్ద నొప్పులు
English Translation:
What does the barren woman know of the pains of child birth ?

Telugu Proverb:
గొడ్ల కాచేవాణ్ని కొట్టనివాడున్ను, గొర్రెల కాచేవాణ్ని తిట్టనివాడున్ను లేడు
English Translation:
There is no person who has not struck a herdsman, or abused a shepherdDespised people.