ProverbPedia

“Telugu Proverb:
గుడ్డి నక్క వురిన పడ్డట్టు”
— English Translation:
Like the blind jackal falling into the snare.

“Telugu Proverb:
గుర్రము చచ్చినదిగాక గుంట తవ్వ వొక రూక”
— English Translation:
In addition to the horse’s death, a fanam [must be paid] for digging a pit [to bury it in].Loss upon loss.After one loss come many. (French)

“Telugu Proverb:
గుడ్డి గుర్రానకు పండ్లు తోముతున్నాడు”
— English Translation:
He is cleaning the teeth of a blind horse.Unprofitnble employment.He is teaching a pig to play on a flute. ​

“Telugu Proverb:
గుడ్డి యెద్దు జొన్న చేన పడ్డట్టు”
— English Translation:
Like a blind bullock going into a field of millet.Not able to get much out of it.

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— English Translation:
When she said “I salute you, O blind father-in-law !” he replied “ Is this the commencement of strife? O adulterous daughter-in-law !”Let him that has a glass skull not take to stone throwing. (Italian)

“Telugu Proverb:
గుడ్డు వచ్చి పిల్లను యెక్కిరించినది”
— English Translation:
The egg made faces at the chicken.Mocking and mimicking a superior.

“Telugu Proverb:
గుడ్డివాడెరుగునా కుందనపు చాయ”
— English Translation:
Can a blind man discern the colour of pure gold?An uneducated man cannot judge of the attainments of the learned.A blind man is no judge of colours. (Italian)A pebble and a diamond are alike to a blind man.

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— English Translation:
When Gutala Poli was told to amend her ways, she said she would rather break off the match.Obstinnte behaviour. Stubborn conduct. ​

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— English Translation:
When the thief who stole the pumpkin was spoken of, he felt his shoulders.Thinking some mark might have been left.A guilty conscience needs no accuser.He that has a mucklc nose thinks ilka ane is speaking o't. (Scotch)

“Telugu Proverb:
గాడిదె గంపెడు వూక తిన్నది అన్నట్టు”
— English Translation:
Like saying that a donkey has eaten a basketful of husk.Nothing wonderful.

“Telugu Proverb:
గుండ్లు తేలి బెండ్లు ముణిగినట్టు”
— English Translation:
Bullets floating, Bendu sinking.Bendu is the Eschynornene Indica from which pith hats, models, &c. are made.The order of nature reversed. ​

“Telugu Proverb:
గాజుల బేరము భోజనానకు సరి”
— English Translation:
By trading in glass bracelets a bare subsistence only can be obtained.Because so many break.Applied to any business which is attended with heavy losses.

“Telugu Proverb:
గుండ్రాయి దాస్తే, కూతురి పెండ్లి నిలుచునా.",”
— ,English Translation:
If you hide the grinding stone will the daughter’s marriage be stopped??A round grinding stone or pestle is used in marriage ceremonies.A trifling hindrance put in a man's way will not divert him from his purpose.

“Telugu Proverb:
గాడిదె గత్తర”
— English Translation:
A donkey’s row.A noisy brawl.Nothing passes between asses but kicks. (Italian)

“Telugu Proverb:
గుడిమింగే వానికి గుళ్లో లింగము వుట్రవడియము”
— English Translation:
To him who swallows the temple, the lingam in it is a sugar-plum.

“Telugu Proverb:
గాడిదెపిల్ల కోమలము,”
— ,English Translation:
The mildness of a young donkey.Seemingly good but really useless.