ProverbPedia

“Telugu Proverb:
తియ్యని రోగములూ, కమ్మని మందులూ వున్నవా”
— English Translation:
Are there sweet diseases, and delicious medicines ?

“Telugu Proverb:
తిండికి చేటూ నేలకు బరువూ”
— English Translation:
He’s not worth his food, and is a burden on the earth.He is not worth his salt.

“Telugu Proverb:
తిరగ మరిగిన కాలూ తిట్ట మరిగిన నోరూ వూరకుండవు”
— English Translation:
The feet which are wont to wander, and the mouth which is accustomed to abuse, will never be quiet.

“Telugu Proverb:
తిండికి వచ్చినావా తీర్థానకు వచ్చినావా”
— English Translation:
Have you come to eat or to visit the shrine ?

“Telugu Proverb:
తిరపతికి పోగానే తురక దాసరి అవునా”
— English Translation:
Will a Mussulman become a Dasari by going to Tirapati ?Tirapati (prop. Tirupati) is a sacred hill about 80 miles from Madras.

“Telugu Proverb:
తిండికి తిమ్మరాజు, పనికి పోతరాజు”
— English Translation:
He is a Timma Razu (monkey-king) at eating; and a Pota Razu (buffalo-king ) at work.As greedy as a monkey and as lazy as a buffalo.Like the smith’s dog, that sleeps at the sound of the hammer, and wakes at the crashing of the teeth.He eats tilt ha sweats, and works till he freezes.

“Telugu Proverb:
తిరపతి మంగలవాడివత్తు”
— English Translation:
Like the Tirapati barber.Has it all his own way. Pilgrims visiting the place have to get their heads shaved, and as one man has the entire monopoly he keeps them waiting for hours, taking payment in advance and shaving a little bit of one man's head and then a little bit of another, to prevent them from going away.Applied to a person selfishly taking work out of others’ bands which he is unable to complete himself.

“Telugu Proverb:
తిట్టి చచ్చినవాడూ లేడు, దీవించి బ్రతికినవాడూ లేడు”
— English Translation:
No man has ever died from cursing, or lived from blessing.No one dies of threats. (Dutch)

“Telugu Proverb:
తిరిపెపు మజ్జిగకు వచ్చి పాడి బర్రెను బేరము చేశినట్టు”
— English Translation:
Like coming to beg buttermilk, and bargaining for tho milch buffalo.Pretended wealth.

“Telugu Proverb:
తిట్టితే గాలికి పోతవి, తింటే లోగా పోతవి”
— English Translation:
The abuse which is heaped on me goes to the winds, but the food which I eat goes within.A mean sycophant.

“Telugu Proverb:
తిలాః పాపహరా నిత్యం, తలా పిడికెడు పిడికెడు”
— English Translation:
Sesamum seed always takes away sin, [give them] a handful a head.Tila is the Sesamum Indicum.A jocose proverb, half Sanscrit, half Telugu.

“Telugu Proverb:
తిట్టుగాదురా తొత్తు కొడకా”
— English Translation:
I am not abusing you, my good son of a slut.

“Telugu Proverb:
తీగెకు కాయ బరువా”
— English Translation:
Is the gourd too heavy for the creeper ?Applied to having a large family to support.

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— English Translation:
When the grandfather was asked Whether he would like to be married, he said, “Who will give me [a daughter,] my boy ?”

“Telugu Proverb:
తాబోతూ బొల్లి యెద్దుకు కుడితి”
— English Translation:
When about to go off herself, [she ordered] the white ox [to be fed with] rice washings.Applied to the absurdity of a person troubling himself with affairs in which he has no longer any interest.

“Telugu Proverb:
తాతా సంక్రాంతి పట్టు పట్టు”
— English Translation:
O grandfather! Sankranti [has arrived] catch it! catch it!Sankranti is the transit of the sun from Sagittarius to Capricornus, when the Hindus celebrate the Pongal feast-This is chaff; old people observe the feast very scrupulously.