కోరికలు కొండలెక్కుతుంటే అదృష్టాలు అడుగంటుతుంటవి

korikalu kondalekkutunte adrishtalu adugantutuntavi

Translation

While desires are climbing mountains, fortunes are hitting the bottom.

Meaning

This expression is used to describe a situation where a person's greed or aspirations grow exponentially while their actual luck or resources are dwindling. It serves as a warning against having unrealistic desires that are far beyond one's current means or fate.

Related Phrases

Is beauty enough? Shouldn't there be luck too!

This proverb is used to emphasize that physical beauty or talent alone is not sufficient for success or happiness in life; one also needs good fortune or timing. It is often said when a capable or beautiful person faces continuous failures.

When good fortune comes, your wife will become your spouse. Said in joke to a man who fancied that he had been very fortunate.

This ironic proverb is used to describe a situation where someone attributes a natural or inevitable outcome to 'extraordinary luck' or 'divine intervention'. It highlights the absurdity of crediting luck for something that was already yours or bound to happen anyway. It is often used to mock someone who is overly superstitious or when someone gets lucky in a way that is redundant.

Making a mountain out of a molehill (Literally: making a fingernail-sized thing as big as a mountain)

This expression is used to describe someone who exaggerates a very small issue or minor incident into something massive or significant. It is typically applied when someone overreacts or blows a situation out of proportion.

While wisdom rules the lands, luck is out begging for food.

This expression is used to describe a situation where a person is highly intelligent, wise, and capable, yet suffers from extreme poverty or bad luck. It highlights the irony that intellectual merit does not always guarantee material success or prosperity.

Rain will fall, frogs will croak. Said of any thing which must be expected as a matter of course.

This expression refers to the natural and inevitable sequence of events. It is often used to describe situations where things are happening as they normally should, or to imply that despite certain activities or noise (like people talking or complaining), life goes on and natural processes continue.

If luck favors, that itself will become your wife.

This proverb is used to describe a situation where things fall into place effortlessly due to pure luck. It implies that when fortune is on your side, even unlikely or difficult outcomes become reality without much struggle. It is often used to remark on someone's unexpected success or a stroke of good luck that settles a major life matter.

If the dream bears fruit, the luck is ours.

This expression is used to signify that if one's aspirations or goals are successfully realized, it is a sign of great fortune. It is often used when a long-held ambition or a positive vision finally comes true, attributing the success to a blend of destiny and achievement.

One who cannot endure misfortune cannot enjoy good fortune.

This proverb emphasizes that resilience and the ability to face hardships are prerequisites for truly appreciating and handling success. It suggests that without the perspective or strength gained from bad times, one lacks the character or capacity to sustain good times.

Strong for the offering, luck for the work.

This proverb is used to describe someone who is very enthusiastic and first in line when it comes to eating or receiving benefits, but makes excuses or relies on 'luck' and laziness when it is time to work. It highlights the hypocrisy of a person who consumes resources greedily but contributes nothing.

Finding even some starch or porridge is a blessing.

This expression is used to describe a situation of extreme poverty or scarcity where one should be grateful for even the barest minimum of sustenance or resources available. It emphasizes contentment and gratitude for survival in difficult times.