ProverbPedia

“Telugu Proverb:
ఏరు యేడామడ వుండగానే, చీర విప్పి చంక పెట్టుకొని పోయినట్టు”
— English Translation:
She took off her cloth and put it under her arm, While the river was still seventy milesofl'.Do not strip before bed time. (French)

“Telugu Proverb:
ఏ పాటు తప్పినా సాపాటు తప్పదు”
— English Translation:
Whatever work is neglected, eating is not forgotten.11

“Telugu Proverb:
ఐశ్వర్యానికి అంతము లేదు”
— English Translation:
There is no limit to riches.

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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?