ఈ పుట అచ్చుదిద్దబడ్డది
TELUGU PROVERBS.
376. ఎక్కడికి పోతావు విధమ్మా అంటే, వెంటనే వస్తాను పదమ్మా అన్నదట.
- “Where are you going to Madam Fate?” asked one “ I’ll follow you, go on” she replied.
- The evil results of mixing with bad company.
377. ఎక్కితే గుర్రపు రౌతు, దిగితే కాలి బంటు.
- If I ride I shall be a trooper, if I dismount I shall be a foot' soldier.
- A man who makes himself useful in any position.
378. ఎక్కిన వానికి యేనుగ లొజ్జు.
- The elephant is subject to the man who has mounted it.
379. ఎక్కిపోయి పట్టిచూచి దిగివచ్చి రాళ్ల రువ్వినట్టు.
- Having mounted [the tree] and felt [the fruit], he came down again and threw stones at it.
380. ఎక్కిరించబోయి వెల్లకిత్తలా పడ్డాడట.
- He went to mock, and fell on his back.
- He went out shearing and he came home ‘horn.
- The biter bit.
381. ఎగదీస్తే బ్రహ్మత్య, దిగదీస్తే గోహత్య.
- If I say this, it will be killing a Brahman; if I say that, it will be killing a cow.
- Said by a reluctant witness to himself, when called to give evidence regarding a complaint made by a Brahman that another man's cow had grazed in his field.
- Being placed in a dilemma. by having to give evidence in a quarrel between two friends.
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