ProverbPedia

“Telugu Proverb:
పాములలో మెలగ వచ్చునుగాని, స్వాములలో మెలగ కూడదు”
— English Translation:
You may walk among snakes, but keep clear of Vaishnava priests.

“Telugu Proverb:
పిచ్చుగుంటలవాని పెండ్లి యెంత వైభవమెంత”
— English Translation:
How long does a gypsy’s marriage take? how long does an entertainment last ?Applied to the grandeur of arrogant people.

“Telugu Proverb:
పాయసములో నెయ్యి వొలికినట్టు”
— English Translation:
Like the ghi falling into the milk pudding.When a pot of ghi slipped from a woman's hand, it fortunately fell into a pudding.He is like a cat, he always falls on his feet.

“Telugu Proverb:
పిట్ట కొంచెము కూత ఘనము”
— English Translation:
A little bird with a great cry.A little man sometimes casts a long shadow. (French)A little dog, a cow without horns, and a short man are generally proud. (Danish) ​

“Telugu Proverb:
పారే చీమ చప్పుడు వినేవాడు”
— English Translation:
A man who hears the noise of a creeping ant.As wary as a blind horse.He is so wary that he sleeps like a bare with his eyes open.

“Telugu Proverb:
పిట్టా పిట్టా పోరు పిల్లి తీర్చినట్టు”
— English Translation:
Like the cat settling the dispute between two birds.By eating them both up ( See Telugu Panchatantra, page 94. )

“Telugu Proverb:
పారవేసుకొన్న చోటనే వెతుక్కో వలశినది”
— English Translation:
You must look for a thing in the place where you lost it.Seek redress from the person who has injured you.

“Telugu Proverb:
పిఠాపురము వెళ్లి పిడతెడు నీళ్లు తెచ్చినట్టు”
— English Translation:
He went to Pithapuram, and brought a little potful of water

“Telugu Proverb:
పాలకు వచ్చి ముంత దాచినట్టు”
— English Translation:
Begging for milk and hiding his cup.Poverty and pride.

“Telugu Proverb:
పిడుగుకూ బియ్యానకూ వకటే మంత్రము”
— English Translation:
[He has] one Mantra for the thunderbolt and for the rice.Hindus believe that repetition of the ten names of Arjuna

“Telugu Proverb:
పాలబుట్టితే మాత్రము మేలు గుణము కలుగునా.Does every thing that comes from milk possess good qualities ?Good qualities are not always possessed by people of high birth”
— Telugu

“Telugu Proverb:
అర్జునః ఫల్గునః పార్థ: కిరీటీ శ్వేతవాహనః |,”
— ,English Translation:
బీభత్సో విజయః కృష్ణః సవ్యసాచీ ధనంజయః ||drives away thunderbolts. Au ignorant Brahman is said to have repeated this S‘ldka when receiving a dish of raw rice.Applied to impostors.

“Telugu Proverb:
పాలల్లో పంచదార వొలికినట్టు”
— English Translation:
Like sugar dropped into milk.(5420 Non. IN, I382, “5, I888.)

“Telugu Proverb:
పాలును చూడనా భాండాన్ని చూడనా”
— English Translation:
Are we to look at milk or at the pot’?The pot is only valued for the milk in it.The jewel i: not to be valued for the cabinet.

“Telugu Proverb:
పాలుపోశి పెంచినా పాము కరవక మానదు”
— English Translation:
Although you feed a snake with milk, it will not refrain from biting you.

“Telugu Proverb:
పాశిన కూడు పదునుకు వస్తున్నదా”
— English Translation:
Can rotten food ever be made sweet ?Past reformation.