ProverbPedia

“Telugu Proverb:
తెగించి వెనకకు పోయినంత తెలివి తక్కువ లేదు”
— English Translation:
There is no greater folly than turning back after having once ventured to run the risk.Turning back after putting one’s hand to the plough.Fortune lost, nothing lost; courage lost, much lost; honour lost, more lost; soul lost, all last. (Dutch)

“Telugu Proverb:
తీట పట్టినవాడు గోకుకొంటాడు”
— English Translation:
The man with itch scratches himselfLet him that itches scratch himself. (french)

“Telugu Proverb:
తెగించిన వానికి తెడ్డే లింగము”
— English Translation:
The man who is determined [to worship] uses his ladle as a lingam.Where there’s a will, there’s a way.The will is everything. (Italian.)The will is the soul of the work. (German.)

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— English Translation:
When the man received a blow on his back, he cried out that he had lost his teeth.Applied to inappropriate actions or words.

“Telugu Proverb:
తెగువ దేవేంద్ర పదవి”
— English Translation:
Liberality leads to Indra’s heaven.

“Telugu Proverb:
తుడుం తుడుం అంటే, దురాయి దురాయి అన్నట్టు”
— English Translation:
When the drum sounded “tudum, tudum” a man called out “durayi, durayi.”Tudum is the (onomatopoetic) name of a kind of drum (Tom-tom ). Durayi is a form of adjuration in the name of Government.

“Telugu Proverb:
తెచ్చుకొంటే భోంచెయి జగన్నాయకా, లేకుంటే వూరకుండు జగన్నాయకా”
— English Translation:
If you get any thing eat it O Jagannayaka! if you don’t get any thing do without it O Jagannayaka!Jagannayaka is the idol at Jagannatha, in Orissa.

“Telugu Proverb:
తుప్పర్ల పసేగాని, మంత్రాల పస లేదు”
— English Translation:
The beauty of his slobberings, not of his mantras

“Telugu Proverb:
తెడ్డు నాకి వుపవాసములు మాన్పినట్టు”
— English Translation:
Like licking the ladle when you’re hungry.

“Telugu Proverb:
తుమ్మితే పొయ్యేముక్కు యెన్నాళ్లు వుండును”
— English Translation:
If your nose won’t stand sneezing how long will it last ?

“Telugu Proverb:
తెడ్డు యేది అంటే, కొయ్య యేది అన్నట్టు”
— English Translation:
One said “ Where’s the ladle ?” the other said ""Where’s the stick ?""Two lazy fellows.

“Telugu Proverb:
తుమ్ము తమ్ముడై చెప్పును”
— English Translation:
A sneeze warns you as a younger brother.On the commencement of an undertaking, if any one sneezes it is considered a bad omen.

“Telugu Proverb:
తురక దాసరికి యీత మజ్జిగ”
— English Translation:
The butter-milk of a Mussulman mendicant is Toddy.Applied to pretended sanctity.

“Telugu Proverb:
తురకలు గొట్టగా చుక్కకెదురా”
— English Translation:
When a Mussulman raid is expected is one [afraid of] facing Venus ?Are omens observed in times of danger ?Necessity has no law. (Latin)

“Telugu Proverb:
తురకలు లేని వూళ్లో దూదేకులవాడు సయ్యదుమియ్యా”
— English Translation:
In a village where there are no Mussulmans, the cotton cleaner is Saiyid Miyan.He is made much of.—The Saiyids are the high-born descendants of Russia, grandson of Muhammad. Miyan is a title. The cotton cleaners are 'mongrel Mussulmans.' (Brown).

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— English Translation:
When a man was asked why he spat on the Tulasi-Kota, he replied that he thought it was an altar.The irreverent answer of a sacrilegious sceptic, an altar being still more sacred-Talusi is the holy basil (Ocimum Sacrum). Tulasi-kôta is the Telugu name for the altar-like bed in which it is grown, in the inner yard of a Hindu house.