కనుక్కొన్నాడోయ్ కంబట్లో వెంట్రుకలు అన్నట్లు.

kanukkonnadoy kambatlo ventrukalu annatlu.

Translation

Like saying 'I found them! Hairs in a woolen blanket.'

Meaning

This proverb is used to mock someone who claims to have made a great discovery or solved a complex mystery, when in reality, what they found was obvious, inevitable, or insignificant. Since a woolen blanket (kambali) is naturally made of fibers/hair, 'finding' hair in it is not an achievement at all.

Related Phrases

Like pulling a hair out of butter

This expression is used to describe a task or process that is performed with extreme ease, smoothness, or without any resistance. It is often used when someone handles a difficult situation effortlessly or when a resolution is reached very cleanly.

If it is one hair for the house, it is a blanket for the housewife.

This proverb describes a situation where an individual exaggerates a tiny contribution or a small loss to claim a much larger personal benefit or compensation. It is used to mock people who make mountains out of molehills or try to profit excessively from a minor event.

Like trying to climb up by holding onto a hair.

This expression is used to describe a situation where someone is making a desperate or futile effort to save themselves or achieve something using a very weak and unreliable support. It highlights the impossibility and precariousness of an action.

O father! they have discovered us.

A sarcastic or mocking expression used when someone points out the obvious or states a fact that was already well-known. It is often used to ridicule someone who thinks they have discovered something profound or secret, which in reality, was no secret at all.

Two Tambali ( No. 173 ), father and son, went to a Brahman feast dis- guised as Brahmans. When the sandal was handed round for making the horizontal Sectarial mark on the forehead, the son took it with his right hand instead of with his left. The server thereupon called him a Tambali when he stupidly cried out to his father that they had been discovered and brought him too into trouble.

If a hair turns grey in the hair parting, she claims to be a virtuous woman.

This proverb is used to mock someone who suddenly pretends to be extremely righteous, pious, or disciplined only after they have grown old or have lost the opportunity to be otherwise. It highlights hypocrisy or a late-life transformation into a 'holier-than-thou' persona.

Like taking a hair out of butter.

This expression is used to describe a task that is performed with extreme ease, smoothness, and without any resistance or obstacles. It can also refer to resolving a delicate situation very tactfully and cleanly.

Said of a very easy business. How easily a hair gets into butter ! (Gorman.)*

Like picking hairs while eating in a woolly blanket

This expression describes a situation where someone is engaged in a task that is inherently prone to a specific problem, yet they complain or try to fix it meticulously while still being in that environment. It refers to the absurdity of expecting perfection or cleanliness in a setting that is naturally messy or unsuitable for the task at hand.

Like removing a hair from butter

This expression is used to describe a task performed with extreme ease, smoothness, and without causing any disturbance or damage. It signifies a delicate operation executed so perfectly that the surroundings remain unaffected, often used to describe resolving a complex issue effortlessly.

Like picking out hairs while eating rice sitting on a woollen blanket.

This expression describes a situation where someone knowingly enters a difficult or messy environment and then complains about the inevitable problems that come with it. It is used to point out the hypocrisy or futility of worrying about minor inconveniences when you have chosen a path where those problems are unavoidable.

Eating rice while sitting on a woolen blanket and picking out hairs.

This expression is used to describe a person who knowingly enters a difficult or messy situation and then complains about the obvious, inevitable problems that come with it. It suggests that one should expect certain inconveniences when choosing a specific path or environment.