అందరికీ అన్ని రోగాలున్నాయి గాని అడ్డెడు తప్పాలకు ఏ రోగం లేదట.

andariki anni rogalunnayi gani addedu tappalaku e rogam ledata.

Translation

Everyone has all kinds of diseases, but the mistakes that fill a measure have no disease at all.

Meaning

This proverb is used to comment on people who are quick to point out faults or diseases in others while remaining oblivious or indifferent to their own mountain of mistakes. It highlights the irony where a person's significant wrongdoings (measured as 'addedu', an old volumetric unit) are ignored by themselves, even as they criticize minor issues in everyone else.

Related Phrases

Are there sweet diseases, and delicious medicines?

This expression is used to highlight the reality that progress, recovery, or results often require going through something difficult or unpleasant. Just as one cannot expect a disease to be pleasant or a life-saving medicine to taste like a treat, one cannot achieve success without hard work or endure correction without some discomfort.

One cold in the head is as bad as ten diseases.

This traditional Telugu saying emphasizes that even a simple common cold should not be taken lightly. It implies that a cold can cause as much physical discomfort, weakness, and irritation as ten different ailments combined, or that it can be the starting point for many other health complications.

Keep the doctor who prescribes branding for all diseases at a distance.

This proverb warns against individuals who suggest the same extreme or painful solution for every problem. It refers to an incompetent or dangerous 'expert' who lacks nuance and relies on crude methods, advising one to avoid such people for their own safety.

Delicious diseases, sweet medicines

This expression is used to describe a situation where someone is overly pampered or spoiled. It refers to a state where even the problems (diseases) are pleasant or luxurious, and the solutions (medicines) are sweet, implying that the individual is living in such comfort that they lack any real hardship or discipline.

The patient benefits only if the medicine matches the disease

This expression emphasizes that solutions must be specific to the problem at hand to be effective. It is used to convey that generic efforts are useless unless they directly address the root cause or the specific requirements of a situation.

Everything is available, but luck is missing.

This expression is used to describe a situation where someone has all the resources, facilities, or opportunities available to them, yet they fail to succeed or enjoy the benefits because of bad luck or poor timing. It highlights the irony of having everything except the one thing needed to make it work.

If everything goes well, there is no luxury like an illness.

This expression is used to describe a situation where a minor ailment allows a person to enjoy undivided attention, rest, and care from others without having to fulfill daily responsibilities. It implies that being sick can be a 'luxury' only when one has the resources, help, and comfort to manage it comfortably.

Everything is there, but there is no 'Aidavathanam' (auspicious status of being a wife)

This proverb describes a situation where one possesses all types of wealth, comforts, and material luxuries, but lacks the most essential or core element that gives meaning to everything else. In a traditional context, it refers to a woman who has everything but has lost her husband (becoming a widow), thus making her material wealth feel empty or useless in social rituals. More broadly, it is used to describe a project or situation that looks perfect on the surface but misses the fundamental component required for success.

Everything is present, but the auspicious state of being a wife is missing.

This proverb describes a situation where everything looks perfect on the surface, but a critical, fundamental element is missing that renders everything else useless. In traditional context, 'Aidothanam' refers to being a 'Sumangali' (a woman whose husband is alive), which was considered the most important status. It is used to critique situations that are elaborate but lack the core essence or the most vital component.

A hundred diseases to the Sesamum.

This proverb is used to describe a person who appears healthy or fine on the outside but is constantly complaining of various ailments, or to describe something that seems simple but is prone to many complications and vulnerabilities.

Nuvvu is the Sesamum Indicum. The Sesamum crops are peculiarly liable to attacks of sap worm, blight, &c.