domgachaetiki taaLam icchinaTTu.

Meaning : To give keys to the thief itself

daasuDi tappulu damDamtoa sari.

Meaning : The servant's mistake are suited with wipping.

deepam paeru chepitae cheekaTi poatumdaa!

Meaning : Will the darkness go away with the mere mention of light!

daevuDi peLLiki amdaruu peddalae.

Meaning : For the wedding of the God everyone is an elder.

naDamamtrapu siri vastae ardharaatri goDugu paTTamannaaDaTa.

Meaning : When you come upon riches suddenly, you catch an umbrella in the midnight too.

naaru poasina vaaDae neeru poastaaDu.

Meaning : Whoever sowed shall water the plants.

nimDu kumDa toNakadu.

Meaning : A full pot never moves.

nijamaaDitae nishTHuuram.

Meaning : It does not help to lie

nippu muTTanidae chaeyi kaaladu.

Meaning : It does not burn until u touch the fire.

nippulaenidae poga raadu.

Meaning : No smoke without fire.

For more proverbs see : Sametalu

Sametalu

deepamumDagaanae illu chakka beTTukoavaalu

Meaning : To take care of the house when there is light.

tegimchina vaaniki teDDaelimgam.

Meaning :

damchinammaku bokkimdae dakkuDu.

Meaning : To the person who beats the wheat gets what she eats.

dina dina gamDam nuuraeLLu aayushu.

Meaning : Fear of death everyday but has a 100 years life to live.

dunnapoatu eenimdamTae duuDanu kaTTamannaTTu.

Meaning : Someone said the bull had a baby, the other one said then tie it.

duraaSa duhKaaniki chaeTu.

Meaning : Greed leads to sorrow

duurapu komDalu nunupu.

Meaning : The distant hills are always smooth

daevuDu varamichinnanu puujaari varameeyaDu kadaa!

Meaning : Even though the God blessed, the priest wouldn't

domgaku taelu kuTTinaTTu.

Meaning : Thief getting bitten by a scorpion.

domgaku domga buddhi, doraku dora buddhi.

Meaning : Thief has thief behaviour while the lord has a lord behaviour.

For more proverbs see : Sametalu

Sametalu

taanikaTi talistae daivamokaTi talachunu.

Meaning :Man thinks of something but god thinks another.

tinaboatuu ruchi aDaganaela!

Meaning : Why ask for taste when you are about to eat!

tinna imTi vaasaalu lekka peTTinaTTu.

Meaning : To count the rods in a house you just ate.

(meaming being disloyal)

timDiki mumdu taguvuku venukaku.

Meaning : First to eat, last to fight.

tilaa paapam taloa piDikeDu.

Meaning :

traaDu chaaladani baavi puuDchukonnaTlu.

Meaning : To close the well, as the rope is not long enough.

teega laagitae Domkamtaa kadilinaTlu.

Meaning :

tupaaki kaDupuna Phiramgi peTTinaTlu.

Meaning :To feed the gun a canon ball.

teDDu vumDagaa cheYYi kaalchukunnaTlu.

Meaning :

tulasi vanamloa gamjaayi mokka.

Meaning : A cocaine plant in a 'tulasi' garden.

For more proverbs see : Sametalu

Sametalu

talli peTTelu menamaama daggara pogiDinaTTu.

Meaning: To praise mothers treasure infront of her brother

talli guuni daitae pillaguunidounaa!

Meaning : If mother has a hunch will the daughter too have it!

talliki kuuDaa peTTani vaaDu pina talliki cheera peTTaaDaTa.

Meaning : Who does not even spend on mother bought a saree for her sister.

taacheDDa koati vanamella cherachinaTTu.

Meaning : The bad monkey made every other monkey in the park bad.

taaTaaku chappuLLaku kumdaeLLu bedaravu.

Meaning : Rabbits do not get scared if the leaves shake

taaDi cheTTukimda paalu taaginaTTu.

Meaning : To drink milk under the palmyra (taati chettu) tree

(the milk of palmyra is white and is liquor so who would belive you are drinking milk)

taaDini tannuvaaDini taladannuvaaDumTaaDu.

Meaning : If You can beat someone then there is someone else who could beat you.

taataku daggulu naervavalenaa!

Meaning : To teach an oldman to cough

taanu paTTina kumdaeluki muuDae kaaLLu.

Meaning : The rabbit he caught has only 3 legs.

taanu valachimdi rambha, munigimdi gamga.

Meaning : The girl he liked is 'rambha'(apsara), the one he drowned is 'ganga'

Also see: Sametalu

Sametalu

Dabbu laeni vaaDae mumdu paDavekkaedi!

Meaning: The men with no money get on board the boat first

taDi guDatoa gomtukoayuTa

Meaning : To slit the nect with a wet cloth.

tanadaakavastaegaani talanoppi baadha teleedu!

Meaning : The pain of headache is not known until it comes to them.

tannitae buurela gampaloa paDDaTTu.

Meaning : To fall in a basket of sweets when kicked.

tannumaalina dharmam modalu cheDDabaeram.

Meaning : Not to think of one self is the first problem.

tala praaNam toakaku vacchuTa.

Meaning : Life in the head come to tail
(to be tired a lot)

tana balamu kannaa sthaana balamu minna.

Meaning : The strength of the area is more than personal strength.

tala taakaTTu peTTuTa.

Meaning : To loan your head.

talapaagaa chuTTaTam raaka tala vamkaranaTTu.

Meaning : Saying that the head is wrong because the does not know how to tie a turban.

talupu laeni imTloa kukka duurinaTTu.

Meaning : A dog entering a gate less house.

Also see : Sametalu