ProverbPedia

“Telugu Proverb:
కోమటి విశ్వాసము”
— English Translation:
The faith of a Komati.Faithlessness.

“Telugu Proverb:
గజ కచ్ఛప పోరు చందము”
— English Translation:
Like a fight between an elephant and a tortoise.

“Telugu Proverb:
కోలలేని పెట్టు, తాడులేని కట్టు”
— English Translation:
A blow without a rod, a bond without a rope.A sudden and unaccountable calamity.

“Telugu Proverb:
గట్టి విడిచి పెట్టి పొట్టుకు పోరాడినట్టు”
— English Translation:
Like leaving the grain, and fighting for the husk.

“Telugu Proverb:
కోతికి అద్దము చూపినట్టు”
— English Translation:
Like showing a looking glass to a monkey.Persistently offering that which is disliked.

“Telugu Proverb:
కోతికి కొబ్బరికాయ దొరికినట్టు”
— English Translation:
Like a monkey with a cocoanut.Cannot use it, but won't give it up.Like the dog in the manger, he will neither do nor let do.

“Telugu Proverb:
కోడి పోయి కొమ్మ యెక్కినట్టు”
— English Translation:
When the fowl flew, it only mounted a branch.17

“Telugu Proverb:
కోతికి జల్తారు కుళ్లాయి పెట్టినట్టు”
— English Translation:
Like putting a gold-laced cap on a monkey’s head.

“Telugu Proverb:
కొర్రకు నక్కకొర్ర”
— English Translation:
Nakkakorra to KorraNakkakorra is the Panicum Helvolum, an inferior grain produced in the hill countries. Korra is the Setaria Italica, a ""farinaceous grain of the millet kind"" (Shakespear’s Hind. Diety. under lllj).Thwarting the evil designs of a bad man by means of a worse.Devils must be driven out with devils. (German.)

“Telugu Proverb:
కోతి చేతి పామువలె,”
— ,"English Translation:
Like a snake in a monkey’s paw.Jacko is afraid of it, but won't let it go.

“Telugu Proverb:
కొలిచేవాడూ గుడ్డి, కొలిపించుకొనేవాడూ గుడ్డి”
— English Translation:
The man who measures [the grain] is blind, and the man who has had it measured is blind also (i.e., the buyer and the seller.)Defects on both sides.

“Telugu Proverb:
కోతి చేతి పూల దండ”
— English Translation:
A garland of flowers in a monkey’s paw.(800 Nos. 574, 712.)A good thing thrown away on a stupid person.

“Telugu Proverb:
కొల్లేట్లో పండే పంటేగాని, చచ్చే దున్నపోతులకు లెక్క లేదు",”
— ,"English Translation:
[They look at] the crops which grow in Kolléru, but there is no account of the buffaloes which die there.Counting profit, but not loss.

“Telugu Proverb:
కోతి పిడికిలి”
— English Translation:
A monkey’s fist.Not letting go any thing in its grasp.Applied to obstinacy.

“Telugu Proverb:
కొల్లు ములిగిన కొన్నాళ్లకు కోనా ములిగినది,”
— ,"English Translation:
Soon after the destruction of Kollu by a flood, Kona also was swept away.Kollu and Kona are the names of two villages on either side of a river. The calamity which happened to one was a source of rejoicing to the other, which soon however suffered the same fate.Tauntingly used by a person towards those who took delight in his misfortune but have now been overtaken by a calamity themselves.

“Telugu Proverb:
కోతి పుండు బ్రహ్మరాక్షసి”
— English Translation:
A sore is a she-demon to a monkeyMaking a great fuss about nothing.