మక్కాకు పోయి కుక్క మలము తెచ్చినట్టు

This proverb is used to describe a situation where someone undertakes a great or sacred journey (or a significant effort) only to return with something worthless or offensive. It highlights the irony of wasting a major opportunity or a noble mission by achieving a shameful or trivial result.

This expression is used to mock someone who undertakes a long, arduous journey or puts in significant effort, only to return with something useless, non-existent, or disappointing. Since donkeys do not lay eggs, it highlights the absurdity and futility of the person's claim or achievement after a grand endeavor.

This proverb is used to describe someone who goes to a great distance or undertakes a significant journey/effort, but returns with something worthless or fails to achieve anything meaningful. It highlights the irony of putting in immense effort for a trivial or useless outcome.

This proverb refers to someone who unnecessarily goes to a place where they don't belong or are not needed, and as a result, ends up facing humiliation, trouble, or punishment. It is used to describe situations where meddling in others' affairs leads to negative consequences.

Used to describe a situation where someone goes on a great, significant journey or puts in immense effort, only to achieve something trivial, useless, or even negative. It highlights the disparity between the effort expended and the poor outcome achieved.

This expression is used to describe a situation where someone performs a task in a needlessly complicated, roundabout, or illogical manner. It refers to wasting effort on an impossible or unnecessarily difficult way of doing something that should be simple.

This proverb describes ingratitude. It is used to mock people who seek help from someone with great respect, but once their work is done or their need is met, they treat that same person with contempt or total disregard.

This expression is used to describe a person who, despite having access to something incredibly beautiful, divine, or valuable, chooses something mundane, cheap, or useless instead. Rambha represents the pinnacle of celestial beauty, while a spinning wheel (raatnamu) represents a common, laborious tool. It highlights poor judgment or a lack of taste.

This proverb describes a situation where someone goes to a great deal of trouble, effort, or travels a long distance for a very noble or significant purpose, but ends up bringing back something trivial, useless, or base. It is used to mock people who waste major opportunities or resources on insignificant outcomes.

This proverb is used to describe someone who goes on a long, arduous journey or undertakes a significant task, only to return with something trivial, worthless, or useless. It highlights the irony of putting in great effort for a meaningless result.

Great labour and small results.