ProverbPedia

“Telugu Proverb:
ఆగ్రహాన ఆనపెట్టుకున్నట్టు”
— English Translation:
Like taking an oath in a fit of passion.

“Telugu Proverb:
అశుద్ధముమీద రాయివేస్తే ముఖాన పడుతుంది”
— English Translation:
If you throw a stone into filth, it will fly into your face.If you will stir up the mire, you must bear the smell”. (Danish)Meddle with dirt, and some of it will stick to you. (Dutch.)

“Telugu Proverb:
ఆచారం అదిరిపడ్దదీ, ధూపార్తి తుళ్లిపడ్డది, కొత్త కుండ తేరా నెత్తాళ్లు వండుకొందాము”
— English Translation:
Let our sanctity be scandalized, let the censer be shocked bring a new pot and let us cook sprats. ​

“Telugu Proverb:
అసలు సోమిదేవమ్మ, అందులో వేవిళ్లు”
— English Translation:
She is not only the wife of a priest, but is also in an interesting condition.A double excuse. Applied to idle persons.Sick of the idles.A large sheep thinks its wool heavy.

“Telugu Proverb:
ఆచారం ఆచారం అన్నంభొట్లూ అంటే, పెద్ద చెరువు కుక్క ముట్టుకొన్నది అన్నట్టు",”
— ,"English Translation:
Seeing a hypocrite] they cried out, “O Annambhotlu! purity ! purity!” He answered “Alas! a dog has touched the big tank.”

“Telugu Proverb:
అశ్రద్ధపితాళ్లకు యేతాం తర్పణము”
— English Translation:
The water drawn with the Picota is the drink offering of dis regarded ancestors.Tarpana is a drink offering to the manes of deceased ancestors (Pitris.).An irreverent'fellow, when pressed by his friends to perform the ceremony, offered the water he was drawing for other purposes.An unwilling action, done to satisfy others.

“Telugu Proverb:
ఆచారానకు అంతమూ లేదు, అనాచారానకు ఆదీ లేదు”
— English Translation:
There is no limit to purity, nor any beginning to impurity.Man is sinful from his birth, and never attains to perfect purity.

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— English Translation:
If I say “ A” (yes), it’s Wrong; if I say “Narayana,”. it’s obsceneFaults are thick where love is thin. (Welsh.)

“Telugu Proverb:
ఆచార్యుని తలచి నిప్పులో చెయ్యిపెట్టితే కాలదా?,”
— ,"English Translation:
If you think of your spiritual guide and put your hand in the fire, will it not be burnt ?

“Telugu Proverb:
ఆకలి కాని భోజనము, ఆలి మీద లంజరికము.",”
— ,English Translation:
Eating when the appetite is satisfied; unfaithfulness to a wifeBoth bad.

“Telugu Proverb:
ఆటా తీరె, పాటా తీరె, కోటలో రామరాజ్యము”
— English Translation:
The dancing is over, the song is finished, and every one is as free as in the kingdom of Rama.(Sec Nos. 278, 1644, 1987.)

“Telugu Proverb:
ఆకలి ఆకాశమంత, గొంతుక సూది బెజ్జమంత”
— English Translation:
The appetite is as great as the sky, but the throat is as small as the eye of a needle.Applied to great ambition, but small abilities. ​

“Telugu Proverb:
ఆడదానిచేతి అర్థమూ, మొగవానిచేతి బిడ్డా బ్రతకదు.",”
— ,English Translation:
Money left in the hands of a woman wont last ; a child left in the hands of a man wont live.

“Telugu Proverb:
ఆకలిగొన్న కరణము పాతకవిలె తీశినాడు”
— English Translation:
The hungry Karanam looked into his old accounts.A Karanaam is a village accountant.

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— English Translation:
A woman’s word, a bundle of water.A woman's mind and winter wind change oft.

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— English Translation:
When the daughter-in-law said she was hungry, her mother-in-law told her to swallow the pestle.Rokali is a wooden pestle, five or six feet long, used for pounding rice.