ProverbPedia

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— English Translation:
When Basavanna was asked if he would eat cotton seed, he said “ Aha”; when Basavanua was asked whether he would have on the pack saddle he said “Uhu.”Basavanna is the name of a bull sacred to Siva. Bullocks are often familiarly called by this name. Âhâ is an exclamation signifying consent. Ûhû signifies refusal.

“Telugu Proverb:
పదిమందితోటి చావు పెండ్లితో సమము”
— English Translation:
With many people death is equal to marriage.Applied to an honorable death in a good cause.

“Telugu Proverb:
పదిరాళ్లు వేస్తే వకరాయి అయినా తగలదా”
— English Translation:
If you throw ten stones, will not one hit?

“Telugu Proverb:
పదిమందిలో పడ్డపాము చావదు”
— English Translation:
A snake falling among a lot of people will not die.A bad man often escapes through the difference of opinion among others as to his guilt, as a snake does through the Hindu’s superstitious dread of killing it.

“Telugu Proverb:
పని అంటే నా వొళ్లు భారగిస్తుంది, భోజనమంటే నా వొళ్లు పొంగి వస్తుంది”
— English Translation:
If you talk of work, my body becomes heavy; if you talk of dinner, my body swells [with delight].The trade of thick-headed Michael: eating, drinking, and idling. (Dutch)

“Telugu Proverb:
పని చెయ్యనివాడు యింటికి దొంగ, పన్ను యివ్వనివాడు దివాణానకు దొంగ”
— English Translation:
A man who does not work robs the house, a man who pays no taxes robs the government.

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— English Translation:
The barber without work shaved the cat’s head.A man pretending to be fully employed.

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— English Translation:
When they asked what idle Pâpa Râzu was about, they were told that he was carving lines on a hare’s horn.

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— English Translation:
The jade who had nothing to do milked the cat.

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— English Translation:
If there is no Brahman within a hundred miles, I’ll conduct the sacrifice.An ignorant professor gets on well in the absence of the learned.

“Telugu Proverb:
పప్పన్నమంటే పది ఆమడ అయినా పరుగెత్త వలెను”
— English Translation:
When we hear of D61 and rice we should run for it, even though it be hundred miles off.Said of a greedy Brahman.

“Telugu Proverb:
పట్టినది చింత కొమ్మ గాని ములగ కొమ్మ కాదు”
— English Translation:
What I am clinging to is a Tamarind bough, not a Mulaga.The tamarind wood is pliable, but the Malays (Hyperanthera Moringa) is brittle.Said by a parasite of his staunch protector.

“Telugu Proverb:
పప్పుతో పది కబళాలు తింటే, పులుసు యెందుకు బుగ్గిలోకా”
— English Translation:
If one gets a few mouthfuls of rice with Dal, why should one want vegetables dressed with acid? To throw among the ashes?Said by an epicure.

“Telugu Proverb:
పట్టపగలు చుక్కలు పొడిపిస్తాడు”
— English Translation:
In the full light of day, he makes the stars appear.Professing to do wonders. Applied to a great cheat.

“Telugu Proverb:
పప్పులేని పెండ్లీ వుప్పులేని కూరా వున్నదా”
— English Translation:
Is there a marriage without Dal, or a vegetable dressed with out salt?Said to a great friend whose presence at an entertainment is indispensable.

“Telugu Proverb:
పడిశెము పది రోగాల పెట్టు”
— English Translation:
One cold in the head is as bad as ten diseases.