ProverbPedia

“Telugu Proverb:
ఆచార్యుని తలచి నిప్పులో చెయ్యిపెట్టితే కాలదా?,”
— ,"English Translation:
If you think of your spiritual guide and put your hand in the fire, will it not be burnt ?

“Telugu Proverb:
అలవాటులేని ఔపాసనం చెయ్యబోతే మీసాలన్నీ తెగకాలినవి”
— English Translation:
The man unaccustomed to burnt-offerings burnt off his mustaches in the attempt.

“Telugu Proverb:
అల్లి అడిగినది, యిల్లి యిచ్చినది, మల్లి మాయము చేశినది”
— English Translation:
Alli asked for it, Illi gave it, Malli made away with it.

“Telugu Proverb:
అరణ్య రోదనము”
— English Translation:
Lamentations in the jungle.Of no avail.

“Telugu Proverb:
అల్లుడలిగితే కూతురిని తీసుకొని పోతాడు”
— English Translation:
If the son-in-law gets in a huff, he will [only] take away the daughter.Said by a fat-her-in-law or mother-in-law.

“Telugu Proverb:
అరవ యేడుపు”
— English Translation:
Like a Tamil mourning.Among the Tamilians, women are sometimes hired to mourn over a deceased person.Applied to an unwilling performance of any duty.

“Telugu Proverb:
అల్లుడికి నెయ్యీలేదు, అల్లుడితోటికూడా వచ్చినవారికి నూనే లేదు”
— English Translation:
There is neither ghi for the son-in-l aw, nor oil for his friends.Said of inability in ‘a person to do that which his duty imperatively requires of him.

“Telugu Proverb:
అరవై యేండ్లయితే అరులు మరులు”
— English Translation:
When sixty years have passed, dotage.

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— English Translation:
She grudgingly gave to her son the food prepared for her son-in—law.The affection of a mother-in-law for her son-in-law.

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— English Translation:
After sixty years had passed, he cried Amma. (mother).Second childhood.Old men are twice children. (Latin)

“Telugu Proverb:
అల్లులలో మల్లు పెద్ద”
— English Translation:
Mallu is a great man among the weavers.Great among low people.Among the common people Scoggin is a doctor.

“Telugu Proverb:
అరవై యేండ్లయినవి, చదువుకోకుండా మొత్తుకొంచానా అన్నాడట.",”
— ,English Translation:
Sixty years have passed; am I to do without learning ?An ironical speech.An old dog will learn no tricks.

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— English Translation:
When sacred grain was given to a luckless fellow, he went away and ate it up (instead of placing it on his head).The term Avalakshana is applied to a man who bears unlucky marks on his person, or whose manners are inauspicious.

“Telugu Proverb:
అరవై వరహాలు యిచ్చినా అత్తవంటి బానిసె దొరకదు”
— English Translation:
Although you pay sixty Pagodas, you cannot obtain as good a handmaid as your mother-in-law.Said jokingly of a mother-in-law not allowed to have the management of the house, but kept in subjection to her daughter-in-law.

“Telugu Proverb:
అవసరగానికి ఆకులో పెట్టు, నాకు నేలను పెట్టు”
— English Translation:
Give the man who is in a hurry his food on a leaf, but give me mine on the floor.The food of Hindus is ordinarily served on a large leaf or several small leaves sewn together.Applied to a person wishing to have something done for himself in great haste, before others are attended to.

“Telugu Proverb:
అరిచే కుక్క కరవ నేరదు”
— English Translation:
A barking dog never bites.Great barkers are nae biters. (Scotch)A barking cur does not bite. (Italian)