ProverbPedia

“Telugu Proverb:
దొరికిన సొమ్ముకు దొంగ అవుతాడా”
— English Translation:
Does a man become a thief by finding property ?

“Telugu Proverb:
ధాష్టీకానికి ధర్మము లేదు, గుడ్డి కంటికి చూపు లేదు”
— English Translation:
There is no justice in oppression, and no sight in ablind eye.

“Telugu Proverb:
దోవలో కూర్చుడి దొబ్బులు తిన్నట్టు”
— English Translation:
Sitting in the middle of the road and being abused by every passer by.

“Telugu Proverb:
ద్వారపూడి పచ్చెపువాడి వత్తు”
— English Translation:
Like a pickpocket of Dvarapudi.Dvarapudi is a notorious village in the Godavery District.

“Telugu Proverb:
ధనియాల జాతి.The coriander-seed caste.Said of Komatis (No. 712 ) because treating a Komati roughly is the only way of dealing with him, as rubbing the coriander-seed before it is sown is the only way of making it sprout.",”
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“Telugu Proverb:
దొడ్డెడు గొడ్లను దొంగలు తోలుకొని పోతే, గొడ్డు గేదె శ్రీ మహాలక్ష్మి అయినది”
— English Translation:
After the whole of the cattle had been stolen from the shed, the barren buflalo became as valuable as Maha Lakshmi (the goddess of fortune).

“Telugu Proverb:
దొరలు యిచ్చిన పాలుకన్నా ధరణి యిచ్చిన పాలు మేలు”
— English Translation:
The share given by the earth is better than that given by the government.Free lands are better when fertile, than shares of grain allotted by government.

“Telugu Proverb:
దొరికిన సొమ్ముకు దొంగ అవుతాడా”
— English Translation:
Does a man become a thief by finding property ?

“Telugu Proverb:
ద్వారపూడి పచ్చెపువాడి వత్తు”
— English Translation:
Like a pickpocket of Dvarapudi.Dvarapudi is a notorious village in the Godavery District.

“Telugu Proverb:
దోవలో కూర్చుడి దొబ్బులు తిన్నట్టు”
— English Translation:
Sitting in the middle of the road and being abused by every passer by.

“Telugu Proverb:
ధనియాల జాతి”
— English Translation:
The coriander-seed caste.Said of Komatis (No. 712 ) because treating a Komati roughly is the only way of dealing with him, as rubbing the coriander-seed before it is sown is the only way of making it sprout.

“Telugu Proverb:
దొంగవాడి పెండ్లాము యెప్పుడూ ముండమోపే”
— English Translation:
A thief’s wife is always a widow.She is always in danger of becoming one.

“Telugu Proverb:
ధాష్టీకానికి ధర్మము లేదు, గుడ్డి కంటికి చూపు లేదు”
— English Translation:
There is no justice in oppression, and no sight in ablind eye.

“Telugu Proverb:
దొంగ వాకిట మంచము వేశినట్టు”
— English Translation:
Putting your bed in the yard of a thief's house.To watch his doings.Outwitting a crafty man.

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— English Translation:
[The thief] going to rob in Dharmapuri went crouching from Dharwada ( Dharwar ).

“Telugu Proverb:
దేవుడూ వరమిచ్చినా పూజారి వరమివ్వడు”
— English Translation:
Although God grant a boon, yet the priest will not grant it