ProverbPedia

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— English Translation:
When a Nambi was told to get out of the house, he asked for his globe-land.Nambi is a priest in a. Vishnu temple.Effrontery.

“Telugu Proverb:
ఇప్పపూలకు వాసన వెతక వలెనా”
— English Translation:
Must we search for the smell of the Ippa flower ?The flowers of the Ippa tree (see No. 236) have a very strong smell.

“Telugu Proverb:
ఇల్లెక్కి కొరివి తిప్పినట్టు”
— English Translation:
Getting on the roof [of a thatched house] and whirling a firebrand.

“Telugu Proverb:
ఇరుపోటీల యిల్లు చెడును, వాతనొప్పుల వొళ్లు చెడును",”
— ,"English Translation:
By rivalry a house is ruined, by rheumatic pains the body is worn out.

“Telugu Proverb:
ఇల్లెల్లా కొట్టితే, తట్టెడు పెంకులు లేవు”
— English Translation:
When the whole house was knocked down, the tiles did not fill a basket.Appearances are deceitful.

“Telugu Proverb:
ఇల్లలకగానే పండగ అవుతున్నదా”
— English Translation:
Is smearing the house always the sign of a feast ?

“Telugu Proverb:
ఇవ్వని మొండికి విడవని చండి”
— English Translation:
One obstinate man who wouldn’t give and another who wouldn’t take a refusal.

“Telugu Proverb:
ఇల్లాలు గుడ్డిదయితే ఇంటి కుండలకు చేటు”
— English Translation:
If the mistress of the house be blind, all the pots will be broken.Without supervision things will go to ruin.When the gude wife's awa', the keys are tint. (Scotch)

“Telugu Proverb:
ఇవతల చెర, అవతల సొర, నడమ రామరాజ్యము”
— English Translation:
On this side is capture, on that side is sorrow, in the middle is the kingdom of Rama.7

“Telugu Proverb:
ఇల్లు కట్టి చూడు, పెండ్లి చేసి చూడు”
— English Translation:
Try building a house, try making a marriage.An expense greater than contemplated.Building and the marrying of children are great wasters.

“Telugu Proverb:
ఇషుంట రమ్మంటే, యిల్లంతా చేకొన్నట్టు”
— English Translation:
Like taking possession of the whole house, when asked to come in for a while.Give a rogue an inch and he will take an ell. (Dutch)

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— English Translation:
When the Jangam was told that the house had caught fire, he replied “I have my bag and bowl with me”Selfish indifference.

“Telugu Proverb:
ఇల్లే తీర్థం, వాకిలే వారణాశి, కడుపే కైలాసం”
— English Translation:
My house is my holy place; my threshold is Benares; my belly is my heaven.Said by an irreligious man.“Whose God is their belly."" Philippians iii. 18.

“Telugu Proverb:
ఇల్లు కాలుచుండగా వాసాలు దూసుకొన్నట్టు”
— English Translation:
Like pulling the rafters out of a burning house.A clumsy expedient.

“Telugu Proverb:
ఇల్లు గెలవలేనివాడు రచ్చ గెలుచునా”
— English Translation:
Will he who cannot rule his own house, rule in the council ?He who has no voice in the valley, will have none in the council. (spanish)

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— English Translation:
He got into the house and counted the rafters.Preparatory to laying a false claim to it, and adducing his intimate knowledge as a proof that the building was his own.Swindling.