ProverbPedia

“Telugu Proverb:
నూరి భరించ లేనమ్మ తాగేమి భరించును”
— English Translation:
Can she drink [medicine] who could not bear to grind it’!

“Telugu Proverb:
నేతిగూనచేత బూని నిచ్చెన యెక్కినట్టు”
— English Translation:
Mounting a ladder with a jar of ghi in one’s arms.

“Telugu Proverb:
నూరు కల్లలాడి అయినా, వక యిల్లు నిలప వలెను.",”
— ,English Translation:
You should save another even by telling a hundred lies.

“Telugu Proverb:
నేతి బీరకాయ సామ్యము”
— English Translation:
Like a tasteless cucumber.(Bee Nos. no, 940, m, m, 1250,1542, ms. )Néli birakéya is the ghi cucumber.Grand in name but not worth anything.' Ciecc c l'occhlo, se l'nnimo é distratto. ​

“Telugu Proverb:
నూరు కాకులలో వక కోవెల యేమి చెయ్యగలదు”
— English Translation:
Among a hundred crows, what could a single cuckoo do’!What can one good man do among so many bad men ?

“Telugu Proverb:
నేల విడిచి సాము చేశినట్టు”
— English Translation:
Rising off the ground and fencing in the air.If you loose your footing you will loose your power. (Brown’s Tel. Diet. )

“Telugu Proverb:
నూరు నోములూ వక రంకుతో సరి”
— English Translation:
One act of adultery does away with a hundred meritorious deeds.

“”
— English Translation:
When a wife said “If I had not been born, you would not have had a wife,” the husband replied “ If you had not been born, I should have married your mother.”i. e. a better woman.

“Telugu Proverb:
నూరుమంది గుడ్డివాండ్లు పోగయి వక పాడు నూతిలో పడ్డట్టు”
— English Translation:
Like a hundred blind men falling into a well.An ignorant assemblage. ​

“Telugu Proverb:
నొసట వ్రాశిన వ్రాలు తప్పవు”
— English Translation:
The writing written on the forehead never failsHindus believe that their fate is mysteriously written by the Creator’: hand in the sutures of the skull.

“Telugu Proverb:
నూరుమంది మొండిచేతులవాండ్లు పోగయి వక గొడ్డు గేదెను పాలు పితక లేక పోయినారు”
— English Translation:
A hundred fingerless people together could not milk a barren buffalo.A thing in every way impossible.

“Telugu Proverb:
నోటికీ చేతికీ యెంగిలి లేదు”
— English Translation:
No pollution is caused by the hand being put in the mouth.Engili literally means saliva.Said by a careless Brahman.

“Telugu Proverb:
నూరు మాటలు వక వ్రాతకు యీడు కావు”
— English Translation:
A hundred words are not equal to one writing.

“Telugu Proverb:
నోటి ముత్యాలు రాలి పోతవా”
— English Translation:
Would the pearls fall out of your mouth’lIf you were to speak. ​

“Telugu Proverb:
నూలిపోగు అతుకు”
— English Translation:
A thread joined in weaving.No strength.

“”
— English Translation:
[By] a slip of the mouth, a bundle of food on the back.In Ujjayini ( Ougein) there lived a merchant called Diptimanta. He went to Ja'ingala to trade. There he met another merchant named Vivekamanta who on one occasion said to him “ Tell me a story that is not known in the world, that has not come to your ears, and that l have not heard.” After being twitted often by Diptimanta on account of his inability to comply with this unreasonable request, Vivéknmanta undertook to per form the task, provided Diptimanta should not pronounce his story to be false, and in the event of his doing so, should pay him 100 pagodas. Diptimanta having agreed, Vivékamanta said “ On one occasion my great grandfather Vanikpati when going to trade in another country met your great grand-father Prithikpati and they entered into partnership. Shortly afterwards they reached a spot where grew :1 large and beautiful Banyan tree near which was a tank. Liking the place, they agreed that Vanikpati should remain there and sell the goods which Pljithikpati would send him from another country. This was carried on for some time and afterwards when they met and compared their accounts, it was found that Prithikpatiwas in Vanikpati's debt 100 pagodas. For long I have sought you,"" added Vivékamanta, “ and now I beg you will pay me the balance due."" Diptimanta being unable to deny the truth of the story lest he should incur the forfeit, was compelled to pay the 100 pagodas, and beg his way to his own country, carrying what food was given to him in a bundle on his back. Some people who met him enquired what bundle he was carrying. to which he replied "" By a slip of the mouth, have I been reduced to carry a bundle of food on my back.""The evil consequences of an idle word.