ProverbPedia

“Telugu Proverb:
పగలెల్లా బారెడు నేశినాను, దివ్వెతేవే దిగ నేస్తాను”
— English Translation:
Like a weaver saying in the evening to his wife “woman during the day I have woven two yards, if you bring a lamp now I’ll undo it all again.”Said of an idle fellow.

“Telugu Proverb:
పంచపాండవులు మంచం కోళ్లవలె ముగ్గురు అంటారేగాని, యిద్దరే అని వక వేలు చూపినాడట.“The five Pandavas they say are three like the legs of a bed, but there are only two,” said he, showing one finger.",”
— ,English Translation:
Said of a stupid accountant. ​

“Telugu Proverb:
పగవానింట పది బిచ్చాలు పోయినా పోయినవేను”
— English Translation:
If alms are given ten times in an enemy’s house, so much the better.

“Telugu Proverb:
పంచశుభం పంచాశుభం”
— English Translation:
Five good things, five bad things.Differently interpreted to mean five good and five bad qualities ; the five senses applied to good and to bad uses, &c.

“Telugu Proverb:
పచ్చి గడ్డి వేస్తే భగ్గుమని మండుతున్నది”
— English Translation:
Put green grass [between two rivals], and it will blaze up.

“Telugu Proverb:
పంచాంగములు పోతే నక్షత్రములు పోనా”
— English Translation:
If the almanaoks are lost, do the stars go also ?Can the original source not be applied to, when that derived from it has been lost ?

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— English Translation:
A burglar being asked why he was house-breaking in the day time, replied “ What do you know of my necessities?”Distress tempts to crime.31

“Telugu Proverb:
పంచాగ్ని మధ్యమందు వున్నట్టు”
— English Translation:
Standing in the middle of five fires.An act of penance.Said of a person being unable to extricate himself from a diflicult position in which he is surrounded by his enemies.

“Telugu Proverb:
పచ్చి వెలగకాయ గొంతున పడ్డట్టు”
— English Translation:
Like an unripe wood apple sticking in one’s throat.Distress caused by continual worrying.

“Telugu Proverb:
పంజెకేలరా పత్తి ధర”
— English Translation:
What has a beggar to do with the price of cotton ?

“Telugu Proverb:
పండగ తొల్నాడు గుడ్డల కరువు, పండగనాడు అన్నము కరువు, పండగ మర్నాడు మజ్జిగ కరువు”
— English Translation:
The day before the festival, there is a scarcity of cloth ; on the festival day, a scarcity of food; and on the day after the festival, a scarcity of buttermilk.

“Telugu Proverb:
పండు జారి పాలల్లో పడ్డట్టు”
— English Translation:
The fruit slipped, and fell into the milk.(Bee Nan. no, use, uso, lass.)Happy go lucky. ​

“Telugu Proverb:
నెల బాలుడికి నూలిపోగు”
— English Translation:
A thread to the new moon.When Hindus see the new moon, they unravel a thread from one of their garments and ofi‘er it, asking for a new cloth.

“Telugu Proverb:
నోరు మూస్తే మూగ, నోరు తెరిస్తే రాగ”
— English Translation:
If you shut up her mouth she remains like a dumb Woman, if you let her open her mouth she’s a vixen.

“Telugu Proverb:
నేతగాడికేలరా కోతిపిల్ల”
— English Translation:
What does a Weaver want with a young monkey’!The monkey would do much mischief.Imprudent association with bad people.

“Telugu Proverb:
నేతికుండ నేలబెట్టి వట్టికుండ వుట్టిమీద పెట్టేవాడు”
— English Translation:
A man that puts the pot of ghi on the floor, and the empty pot in the sling.(For Ugfl see No. 304. )The eye is blind If the mind is absent. (Italian-l‘