19 December 2008

Sametalu


koati pumDu brahma raakshasi.
Meaning : The wound of a monkey is a devil



kshaetra merigi vittanam, paatra yerigi daanam.
Meaning : know the soil and sow the seed, know the person and then give alms.

koatiki kobbarikaaya dorikinaTTu.
Meaning : A monkey with a coconut

koaDaliki buddi cheppi atta teDDunaakinaTTu.
Meaning : Teach the daughter-in-law manners and the mother-in-law did the wrong.

koaTi vidyalu kuuTi korakae.
Meaning : All the lessons we learn are to fill our stomach.

koatiki addam chuupinaTTu.
Meaning : To give a monkey a mirror.

koaDi guDDu pagulagoTTaDaaniki gumDraayi kaavalenaa!
Meaning : Do you need a hammer to break an egg.

koaDi nalupainaa guDDu telupu.
Meaning : tough the chicken is black the egg is white.

koaDi guDDuku eekalu laaginaTTu.
Meaning : to pluck feathers from an egg

konagaa teeranidi, kosaragaa teerunaa!
Meaning :

For more proverbs look here : Sametalu

No comments: