గృహప్రవేశానికి వెళ్తూ గుడ్లగూబను తోడు తీసుకువెళ్లినట్లు

This expression is used to describe a situation where someone brings an unlucky, ominous, or ill-tempered person to an auspicious or happy occasion. Since owls are traditionally considered symbols of bad luck or inauspiciousness in Telugu culture, bringing one to a housewarming (an event signifying new beginnings) represents ruining a positive atmosphere with a negative presence.

In Telugu culture, owls are often associated with bad luck or ill omens. This expression is used to describe someone who knowingly or unknowingly carries something that brings bad luck, or starts a task with a negative element that ensures failure or trouble.

This is a traditional Telugu proverb used as a metaphor for ill-omens or bad luck. It suggests that when a person's habits or company turn bad, or when negative signs are ignored, the destruction of their household or reputation is inevitable. It is often used to warn people about the consequences of inviting negative influences into their lives.

This expression refers to bringing something extremely unlucky, troublesome, or dangerous into a community or household. In Telugu folklore, monitor lizards are traditionally associated with bad luck or 'shani'; bringing one home is seen as inviting disaster through one's own foolish actions.

Eccentric conduct.

This expression highlights the importance of a woman in a household. It suggests that a home blessed with a virtuous, wise, and kind woman is equivalent to a temple or a place of divine prayer, emphasizing that her presence brings sanctity and prosperity to the family.

This expression is used to describe a situation where two people or things provide mutual support, even if one's contribution is small. It often refers to a husband and wife or partners helping each other to make life more comfortable and manageable, just as mixing hot and cold water results in a pleasant temperature.

This expression describes a situation where one person experiences a joyful or auspicious milestone while another person simultaneously faces a tragedy or disaster. It is used to highlight sharp contrasts in fortune within the same household or group, or to describe a bitter-sweet moment where a gain is offset by a severe loss.

Applied to a great calamity happening when most unlooked for. Also to a luckless woman. After a dream of a wedding comes a corpse.

This proverb describes someone who tries to avoid a difficult or primary responsibility by suggesting an easier or indirect task. It is used to mock people who give excuses or offer alternatives to escape the actual work assigned to them.

This expression is used to describe someone who tries to avoid a difficult or primary task by opting for an easier or irrelevant chore. It signifies procrastination or dodging responsibility by being busy with something else.

This proverb is used to describe someone who knowingly or unknowingly brings a source of misfortune, bad luck, or a huge problem into their own home or community. In Telugu folklore, carrying a monitor lizard (udumu) is traditionally considered a bad omen that brings ruin to the place it enters.