అద్దెకు వచ్చిన గుర్రాలు అగడ్తెలు దాటుతవా?

This is a traditional agricultural proverb implying that if it rains during the Deepavali festival season, the rains are so widespread and persistent that they affect vast regions and potentially cross geographical boundaries. It signifies a period of heavy, extensive monsoon activity.

This expression is used to describe people who talk big and boast about grand plans or achievements, but in reality, fail to take even the smallest action or initiative. It highlights the contrast between empty talk and lack of practical effort.

Great vaunters, little doers. ( French. )† * Il se ruine à promettre, et s'acquit à ne rien donner. † Grand vanteurs, petite faiseurs.

This expression is used to describe people who talk big and make grand promises or boasts, but fail to take even the smallest action or put their words into practice. It highlights the gap between ambitious rhetoric and actual execution.

This expression is used to question a person's priorities or motives when they seem more interested in superficial benefits (like food) rather than the primary purpose or spiritual significance of an event (like receiving holy water at a temple). It is often used to chide someone who is distracted by secondary perks.

This proverb highlights two stages of life where support is expected. Just as an ox is ready to share the burden of farm work once it fits the yoke, a child is expected to assist and support their parents once they grow up and become capable. It refers to the point when a person or animal becomes productive and helpful to the family.

This proverb is used to indicate that certain events in life are inevitable and beyond human control once they are set in motion. Just as a physical urge like vomiting cannot be suppressed, significant life events like marriage will happen when the time is right, regardless of attempts to delay or stop them.

This proverb emphasizes that low investment or poor preparation leads to failure in challenging tasks. Just as horses fed only on cheap boiled snacks (guggillu) instead of high-quality feed lack the strength to leap across defensive ditches, a person who is inadequately trained or provided with cheap resources cannot handle high-stakes responsibilities.

This proverb is used to comment on coincidences, specifically when a new arrival in a family (like a daughter-in-law) is blamed or credited for significant events (like the birth of livestock or changes in fortune) that happen shortly after. It highlights how people often link luck or misfortune to a person's entry into the household.

This expression is used to describe a situation where someone, in an attempt to escape a problem or find a better place, ends up in an even worse or more dangerous situation. It is similar to the English idiom 'out of the frying pan and into the fire.'

This expression is used to describe a person who talks big or boasts about impossible achievements but lacks actual capability or does nothing in reality. It refers to someone who is a daydreamer or a boaster whose 'heroics' are confined to a small, insignificant, or imaginary space.