ProverbPedia

“Telugu Proverb:
కలిమి కులాల మిండడు”
— English Translation:
Wealth is the paramour of all castes.A rich man is sought after by all.Rich people are every where at home. (German)

“Telugu Proverb:
కమ్మ నీచు కడిగినా పోదు, కాకిచిప్ప పెట్టి గోకినా పోదు”
— English Translation:
The smell of Kammavaru cannot be got rid of by Washing, or scraping with a shell.Kainmavaru are a class of Telugu S'udras, whose occupation is farming.They are proverbially dirty people.

“Telugu Proverb:
కలిమిలేములు కావటి కుండలు”
— English Translation:
Having and not having are the pots in a Kavadi.Equally balanced.Fortune and misfortune are two buckets in a well. (German)Every day hath its night, every weal its woe.

“Telugu Proverb:
కర్ణ ప్రతాపము”
— English Translation:
The valour of Karna.A blusterer.

“Telugu Proverb:
కలియుగము రెండు రోజులు పోవలెను”
— English Translation:
The few days remaining in the Iron age must pass away.The Kali Yuga is said to contain 432,000 years of which the 4968th year commenced in A. D. 1866.An ironical phrase applied to procrastination.

“Telugu Proverb:
కరేపాకు కోశేవాడు వాగినట్టు”
— English Translation:
Muttering like a man plucking Kari Vépa leaves.Kari Vépa is the Bergera Koenigii and is used in making curries. There is an idea that the leaves lose their flavour if plucked silently.

“Telugu Proverb:
కర్మములుగల మగణ్ని కంబట్లోకట్టి బుజముమీద వేసుకొంటే జారి వీధిలో పడ్దట్టు”
— English Translation:
Like the guilty husband who slipped out of the blanket and fell into the street when his wife was carrying him on her shoulder (to save him from punishment).

“Telugu Proverb:
కత్తివాణా కలంవాణా.Is the sword sharp or the pen?The pen in the hand of the strong is more powerful than the sword.A goose-guilt is more dangerous than a lion’s claw”
— Telugu

“Telugu Proverb:
కర్ర లేనివాణ్ని గొర్రె అయినా కరుస్తుంది”
— English Translation:
Even a sheep will bite a man without a stick.Every man should be prepared to defend himself.

“Telugu Proverb:
కథకు కాళ్లు లేవు ముంతకు చెవులు లేవు”
— English Translation:
No legs to the tale, no cars to the pot.Said of a story that one cannot make head or tail of.A story without a head. (Greek)

“Telugu Proverb:
కర్రికుక్క కపిలగోవు అవునా”
— English Translation:
Will a black bitch become a Kapila cow?The Kapila is a tawny cow worshipped by the Hindus.

“Telugu Proverb:
కనుక్కొని రారా అంటే కాల్చి వచ్చేవాడు”
— English Translation:
When told to go and look, he goes and burns.Alluding to the story of Hanuman setting fire to Lanka, when sent to look for Sitâ.

“Telugu Proverb:
కలకాలపు దొంగ వకనాడు దొరుకుతాడు”
— English Translation:
The everlasting thief is one day caught.The old fox is caught at last.The old ape is taken at last. (Latin)

“Telugu Proverb:
కని గుడ్డు విని చెవుడు”
— English Translation:
Seeing, blind; hearing, deaf.""Eyes have they, but they see not: they have ears, but they hear not,"" Psalm cxv. 5, 6.

“Telugu Proverb:
కలబంద యెండూ, కోడలి కొత్తా లేదు”
— English Translation:
There is no dryness in the aloe, nor newness in a daughter-in-law.A daughter-in-law is never a stranger.

“Telugu Proverb:
కన్ను తగిలే పుల్లను కనిపెట్ట వద్దా”
— English Translation:
Should you not be careful of that which may stick into your eye?Keep an eye on your enemies.