కూర్చుని తింటే కొండలైనా కరిగిపోతాయి

kurchuni tinte kondalaina karigipotayi

Translation

If you sit still and eat, even a mountain will be consumed. If you spend your principal, it will soon disappear, however large.

Meaning

This proverb emphasizes the importance of hard work and earning. It warns that no matter how vast your wealth or resources (like a mountain) are, they will eventually be depleted if you only consume them without producing or earning anything new.

Related Phrases

If you sit and eat, even mountains will melt away.

This expression highlights the importance of hard work and the danger of laziness. It suggests that no matter how much wealth or resources one has inherited or accumulated, they will eventually be exhausted if one simply consumes them without earning or being productive.

One must sit first, and then lie down. Said to a man inclined to do a thing hastily. First creep, then go.

This proverb is used to warn that if one only consumes wealth without working to earn or replenish it, even the vastest fortunes will eventually be exhausted. It emphasizes the importance of hard work and the dangers of laziness or dependency on inheritance.

He can't even stand up from a sitting position, but he says he will go on a pilgrimage by crawling.

This proverb is used to mock people who boast about doing impossible or grand tasks when they are incapable of performing even the simplest, basic duties. It highlights the irony of someone lacking the capacity for a small effort while claiming they can achieve something much more difficult.

Saying 'Aa' makes her tired, saying 'Oo' makes her lose her breath.

This expression is used to sarcastically describe someone who is extremely lazy, fragile, or prone to making excuses to avoid even the smallest amount of physical or mental effort. It highlights a person's tendency to exaggerate their exhaustion over trivial tasks.

A small grain becomes a mountain

This expression is used to describe a situation that starts as a minor issue but escalates into a major problem, or when someone exaggerates a tiny matter into something significant. It is similar to the English idiom 'to make a mountain out of a molehill'.

Like saying 'I cannot sit and cook food, but I can bend and visit a holy place.'

This expression is used to describe a lazy person who makes excuses for necessary daily work (like cooking) but is willing to do things that involve outings or entertainment. It highlights selective laziness and hypocrisy.

If you take it away by degrees even a mountain will be removed.

This expression highlights the impact of gradual, continuous depletion. It is often used as a warning that even vast resources, wealth, or savings can be completely exhausted if one keeps spending or taking from them without replenishing, no matter how small the individual withdrawals are.

If you sit and eat, even mountains will melt away

This proverb emphasizes the importance of work and warns against laziness. It means that if one keeps consuming wealth or resources without earning or replenishing them, even a massive fortune (like a mountain) will eventually be exhausted.

If one just sits and eats, even mountains will melt away (or even temples and towers won't suffice).

This proverb emphasizes the importance of hard work and the danger of laziness. It suggests that no matter how much wealth or resources one has accumulated, if they do not continue to work and instead only consume, their wealth will eventually be depleted.

If you remove stone by stone, even a mountain will be levelled. You must pluck out the hairs of a horse's tail one by one. ( Latin. ); Drop by drop the lake is drained.

This expression emphasizes the power of persistence and consistency. It means that any task, no matter how monumental or impossible it seems, can be completed by taking small, steady steps. It is used to encourage someone facing a daunting project or goal.