Telugu Proverb:
కొంప తీస్తివా రామన్నా ఆంటే, అందుకు సందేహమా అన్నట్టు
English Translation:
“Have you ruined me Ramanna?” [said a man to his parrot] “Is there any doubt of that?” it replied.A man was duped into buying a parrot by the seller pretending it had power to discover hidden treasure. He pointed to a place where money had been previously buried and enquired of the parrot, which answered ""Is there any doubt of that?"" the only sentence it had been taught to repeat. The purchaser having bought the parrot for a large sum, in vain endeavoured to cause it to discover treasure. At last in his disappointment he cried ""Have you ruined me Ramanna?"" when he received the same answer "" Is there any doubt of that?""Applied to a person who knowingly gives bad advice to others, and then laughs at their misfortunes.
Telugu Proverb:
కొండమీదినుంచి పడ్డ వానికి గాయములు యెన్ని
English Translation:
How many are the wounds of a man who has fallen from the top of a hill?A man inured to difliculties.
Telugu Proverb:
కొండవీటి చేంత్రాడు
English Translation:
Like a well-rope at Kondavidu.Where water is very scarce and the wells very deep.Said of a long-winded story.
Telugu Proverb:
కొండ యెక్కేవాని మొలను కొడవలి చెక్కినట్టు
English Translation:
Like a sickle carried in the waist of a man climbing up a hill.An additional danger and difficulty.
Telugu Proverb:
కొండ వలె వచ్చి మంచు వలె తేలినట్టు,
,"English Translation: Coming like a mountain, and melting away like dew.Said of a difficulty which appears great when distant but is easily overcome when grappled with.
Telugu Proverb:
కొండ మీద దెబగుబలేమంటే, కోమట్ల రహస్యాలు అన్నట్టు
English Translation:
When asked what the row on the hill was, they said “ The Komatis’ secrets.”The secret of Anchuelos. (spanish)
Telugu Proverb:
కొండమంగలి గొరిగినట్టు
English Translation:
As the hill-barber shaves.The pilgrims who visit the sacred hill of Tirupati have to be shaved before entering the temple. The barbers in their greediness to secure customers are said to keep numbers round them half shaven, leaving off one to commence another.Dabbling in many things, but completing none.
Telugu Proverb:
కొండ మింగే వానికి గోపురము అడ్డమా
English Translation:
Will a man that swallows a mountain care for a Gopuram?Gopuram is the tower over the gate of a Hindu temple.
Telugu Proverb:
కొండను చూచి కుక్కలు మొరిగినట్టు
English Translation:
Like dogs barking at a mountain.
Telugu Proverb:
కొండనాలికకు మందు వేస్తే, వున్ననాలుక వూడిపోయినట్టు
English Translation:
When he applied medicine to the uvula, it took out the whole tongue.The remedy is worse than the disease.
Telugu Proverb:
కొండ తవ్వి యెలుకను పట్టినట్టు
English Translation:
Digging up a mountain to catch a rat.
Telugu Proverb:
కొండతో తగరు పోట్లాడినట్టు
English Translation:
Like a ram butting a mountain.Great conceit.