ProverbPedia

“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:
పయిబడ్డ మాటా, మడి పడ్డ నీళ్లూ పోతవా”
— English Translation:
Will an accusation [be forgotten], will water which falls in a banked field escape ?Throw much dirt, and some will stick.An ill wound may be cured, but not an ill name.

“Telugu Proverb:
పాడిందే పాడరా పాచిపండ్ల దాసరి”
— English Translation:
Sing again what you have sung, O Dâsari with dirty teeth.Said to an ignorant imposter.Give the piper a penny, and two pence to leave off.

“Telugu Proverb:
పరద్రవ్యాణి బెల్లవత్”
— English Translation:
The property of others is as sweet as molasses.Being liberal at others’ expence.To out large shiver of another man's loaf.

“Telugu Proverb:
పాడు వూరికి నక్క తలారి”
— English Translation:
A jackal is the watchman of a ruined village.( See Nos. 830, 1413.)Applied to a person who gets on well with his work when there is no one to question him.

“Telugu Proverb:
పరుగెత్తుతూ పాలు తాగేకన్నా, నిలుచుండి నీళ్లు తాగడము మేలు”
— English Translation:
It’s better to stand and drink water, than to run and drink milk.A comfortable berth with a moderate salary, is better than a bad situation with a larger income.

“Telugu Proverb:
పాడు వూరికి మంచపు కోడు పోతరాజు”
— English Translation:
In a ruined village, the leg of a bed is Pota Razu.Pôta Râzu is a rustic deity.

“Telugu Proverb:
పరుగెత్తేవాణ్ని చూస్తే తరిమే వాడికి లోకువ”
— English Translation:
The man that runs away, is inferior to the man who follows him.

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— English Translation:
He said “ in this ruined village there is no one to praise me, so I praise myself.”Your trumpeter’s dead, and so you trumpet yourself.

“Telugu Proverb:
పరువిచ్చి పరువు తెచ్చుకో”
— English Translation:
Give honor, get honor.

“Telugu Proverb:
పాతముండలందరూ పోగయి కొత్తముండ తాడు తెంపినట్టు”
— English Translation:
Like the old widows assembling to break the marriage cord of a new widow.A gang of rascals conspiring to ruin a. new comer, who they fear will be in their way.

“Telugu Proverb:
పలకని వాండ్లతో పది వూళ్లవాండ్లూ గెలవ లేరు”
— English Translation:
The people of ten villages cannot overcome men who won’t open their mouths.

“Telugu Proverb:
పానకములోని పుల్ల”
— English Translation:
A bit of straw in sherbet.

“Telugu Proverb:
పసుపు కొమ్ము యివ్వని కోమటి పసారమంతా కొల్ల యిచ్చినాడు”
— English Translation:
As impossible as that a Kômati who would not give away a bit of turmeric should allow his whole store to be plundered.

“Telugu Proverb:
పాపటకాయ కొరకనెంత యాక పెట్టనెంత.A bramble is neither large enough to bite nor to place on a dish.Pâpața is the Pavetta Indica.A quantity quite inadequate to one’s wants”
— Telugu

“Telugu Proverb:
పల్లము వుండే చోట నీళ్లు నిలుస్తవి”
— English Translation:
Water lies in the low ground.Truth will out at last.