ProverbPedia

“Telugu Proverb:
ఒళ్లు వంగనమ్మ కాలి మెట్టెలను కందిపోయినదట,”
— ,English Translation:
The lazy woman complained that her toe-rings pinched her.Idle folks lack no excuses.

“Telugu Proverb:
ఒకనాటి భాగవతముతో మూతి మీసాలన్నీ తెగకాలినవి”
— English Translation:
With one day’s acting, all his mustaches were burnt off.By standing too near the torches which are used to light up the figures of the performers, and on which powdered resin is thrown.Said of a clumsy novice.

“Telugu Proverb:
ఒకనాడ ధారణ, వకనాడు పారణ",”
— ,"English Translation:
One day holding (fasting); one day breaking fast.A precarious subsistence.Change of fortune is the lot of life.To-day a king, to-morrow nothing. (French)

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— English Translation:
When Polisetti was asked how he was getting on, he replied “I am in trouble as usual.”

“Telugu Proverb:
ఏలేవాని యెద్దు పోతేనేమి, కాచేవాని కన్ను పోతేనేమి.",”
— ,English Translation:
If the master’s ox be lost what is it [to the servant?]. If the watchman’s eye be lost what is it [to the master?].

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— English Translation:
“What, O Appaji! [is to be done?” said the king] “As occasion requires, O king!” replied [the minister].

“Telugu Proverb:
ఐసా ఫయిసా”
— English Translation:
Either one way or the other.(Corrupted from the Hindustani.)

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— English Translation:
Not knowing what to do, he began to mimic others.

“Telugu Proverb:
ఏ పుట్టలో యే పాము వున్నదో తెలియదు”
— English Translation:
What snake it is, and what hole it lives in, we don’t know.Said of persons whose abilities are not yet known.

“Telugu Proverb:
ఏనుగకు కాలు విరగడమూ, దోమకు రెక్క విరగడమూ సమము.",”
— ,English Translation:
The loss of a wing is the same to a mosquito as the loss of a leg to an elephant.Proportionate losses.

“Telugu Proverb:
ఏమీ లేనమ్మకు యేడ్పుల శృంగారము, కలిగినమ్మకు కడుపుల శృంగారము”
— English Translation:
Weeping is the ornament of a poor woman, embonpoint is the ornament of a rich woman.

“Telugu Proverb:
ఏనుగకు వక శీమ, గుర్రానికి వక వూరు, బర్రెకు వక బానిశె”
— English Translation:
To keep an elephant [a man requires] a country, to keep a horse a village, and to keep a she-buifalo a maid.

“Telugu Proverb:
ఏమీ లేని ఆకులు యెగసి పడితే, అన్నీవున్న ఆకులు అణిగి వుండినవి”
— English Translation:
The leaf dishes which were empty rose up high; those that were full remained steady.( See Nos. 502, 1274.)The conceit of little knowledge, the humility of true learning.Shoal waters mak the maist din. (Scotch)

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— English Translation:
A wood apple is very small in an elephant's throat.A very easy matter.

“Telugu Proverb:
ఏ యెండకు ఆ గొడుగు పట్ట వలెను”
— English Translation:
The umbrella must suit the hour of the day.Suitable to the occasion.

“Telugu Proverb:
ఏనుగకు దాహముకు చూరు నీళ్లా”
— English Translation:
Will the thirst of an elephant [be quenched] by the water which drops from the eaves?