ProverbPedia

“Telugu Proverb:
అగడ్తలో పడ్డ పిల్లికి అదే వైకుంఠం”
— English Translation:
The moat is heaven to the cat that falls into it.It cannot possibly escape, and dies.An inextricable difficulty.

“Telugu Proverb:
అగస్త్య బ్రాత”
— English Translation:
The brother of Agastya.Agastya was a great sage, who was not known to have any brother.Applied to a new-comer, attempting to make himself out a great personage.

“Telugu Proverb:
అగ్గువ అయితే అంగడికి వస్తుంది”
— English Translation:
When it is cheap, it comes to the bazar.

“Telugu Proverb:
అందానికి రెండు బొందలు, ఆటకు రెండు తాళాలు.",”
— ,English Translation:
Two holes in beauty; two cymbals in a dance.Said of an ugly and bad dancer.

“Telugu Proverb:
అందులో పస లేదు, గంజిలో వార్చుమన్నట్టు”
— English Translation:
There is no substance in that, strain the rice water.Equivalent to the English ""there’s nothing in him"" or ""there’s nothing in it.""

“Telugu Proverb:
అందములో పుట్టిన గంధపుచెక్క, ఆముదములో పుట్టిన మడ్డి”
— English Translation:
A piece of sandal wood born of beauty, and the dregs of castor oil.

“Telugu Proverb:
అందని మాని పండ్లకు ఆశ పడ్డట్టు”
— English Translation:
Like wishing for fruit which cannot be reached.

“Telugu Proverb:
అందరికి నేను లోకువ, నాకు నంబి రామాయ లోకువ”
— English Translation:
I am below all, but Nambi Ramaya is below me.

“Telugu Proverb:
అందరు వకయెత్తు, అగస్త్యుడు వకయెత్తు, అతని కమమండలం వక యెత్తు”
— English Translation:
The whole people [of the earth], the sage Agastya, and his jar are all of equal weight.The legend is that when all the great men of the earth had, on one occasion, assembled at Kaihtsa, their weight was so great that the earth began to topple over. On this, Agsstya was sent to weigh down the other side which he accordingly did, but his presence being afterwards required at Kailasa, he transferred his virtue to his jar of holy waters, left it to balance the earth, and obeyed the summons. ​

“Telugu Proverb:
అందము చిందినట్టు, నాగరికము నష్టమయినట్టు.",”
— ,English Translation:
His beauty has overflowed and his politeness has gone.Said ironically of an ugly ruffian.

“Telugu Proverb:
అంటూ సంటూ ఆసాదివానిది, రట్టూ రవ్వా గంగానమ్మది”
— English Translation:
All the offerings go to the priest, the noise to Ganganamma.Ganganamma is a certain village goddess.

“Telugu Proverb:
అంగటివీథిలో అబ్బా అంటే, యెవరికి పుట్టినావురా కొడకా అన్నట్టు”
— English Translation:
When addressed [by his son] in the bazar as “Father,” he replied, “Son! unto whom wert thou born?”Want of natural affection. Selfish indifference.

“Telugu Proverb:
అంత్య నిష్టురముకన్నా ఆది నిష్టురమే మేలు”
— English Translation:
Annoyance at the beginning is better than annoyance at the end.A prompt denial causes less annoyance than compliance with a request and disappointment in the end.Better a friendly denial than an unwilling compliance. (German)

“Telugu Proverb:
అంగట్లో అన్నీ వున్నవి, అల్లుని నోట్లో శని వున్నది”
— English Translation:
There is every thing in the hazar, but Saturn is in the mouth of the son-in-law.Some unfortunate circumstance prevented a son-in-law from availing himself of the good fare of his father-in-law.Evil fate.

“Telugu Proverb:
అంగిట విషము, మున్నాలికను తియ్యదనము”
— English Translation:
Poison in the palate, sweetness on the tip of the tongue.Full of courtesy, full of craft.

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— English Translation:
The wife’s maternal uncle’s son, who had nothing to do with ceremonial uncleanness, went and sobbed under the bean tree.Chikkudu Chettu is the Lablab Cultratus, often grown over a shed in the yard of a Hindu’s house.Claiming relationship.