మొండిచేతివానికి నువ్వులు తిననేర్పినట్లు
mondichetivaniki nuvvulu tinanerpinatlu
Like teaching a person with no fingers how to eat sesame seeds.
This proverb is used to describe a situation where someone is being taught or assigned a task that is impossible for them to perform due to their inherent limitations or lack of tools. Since sesame seeds are tiny and difficult to pick up even with fingers, teaching someone without fingers to eat them represents a futile or cruel endeavor.
Related Phrases
మొండిచేతితో మూర వేసినట్లు
mondichetito mura vesinatlu
Like measuring a cubit with a stump of a hand.
This expression is used to describe a situation where someone attempts to do something impossible or lacks the necessary tools/means to complete a task. It highlights the futility or inaccuracy of an action when the essential component required for success is missing.
మొండిచేతితోటి మొత్తుకొన్నట్టు
mondichetitoti mottukonnattu
Like beating one's mouth (lamentation) with a maimed hand. Doing any thing clumsily.
This expression is used to describe a situation where someone is deeply frustrated or grieving but is unable to effectively express their pain or do anything about it. It signifies a state of utter helplessness where even one's attempts to lament are ineffective or incomplete due to a lack of resources or capability.
అవ్వకు మనుమడు ఆవులింత నేర్పినట్లు
avvaku manumadu avulinta nerpinatlu
Like a grandson teaching his grandmother how to yawn.
This proverb is used to describe a situation where an inexperienced person or a novice tries to give advice or teach someone who is far more experienced and knowledgeable than them. It highlights the irony and absurdity of someone trying to teach a basic, natural, or long-practiced skill to a veteran.
మొండిచేతివానికి నువ్వులు తిన నేర్పినట్టు.
mondichetivaniki nuvvulu tina nerpinattu.
Like teaching a man without hands to eat Sesamum seed. Attempting impossibilities.
This proverb describes a scenario where someone is tasked with something impossible or extremely difficult given their current limitations. Sesame seeds are tiny and require dexterity to pick up; asking someone without fingers to eat them highlights a futile, frustrating, or mocking effort.
నువ్వులకు తగిన నూనె
nuvvulaku tagina nune
Oil according to the [ quantity of ] Sesamum.
This expression is used to indicate that the result or output is directly proportional to the investment, effort, or resources put in. It is often used to tell someone that they get what they pay for, or that rewards are commensurate with the work performed.
నువ్వులు పోసి, ఆవాలు వండమన్నట్లు
nuvvulu posi, avalu vandamannatlu
Like being given sesame seeds and told to cook mustard seeds
This expression describes a situation where someone provides the wrong resources but expects a specific, different result. It is used to mock illogical demands or impossible expectations where the input does not match the desired output.
మొండిచేతితో మొత్తుకున్నట్లు
mondichetito mottukunnatlu
Like hitting oneself with a hand that has no fingers.
This expression is used to describe a situation where a person's efforts or protests are completely ineffective and go unnoticed. Just as a hand without fingers cannot produce a loud sound or physical impact when striking a surface, this phrase refers to someone who is so powerless or helpless that their complaints or struggles do not result in any change or attention.
మొండిచేతుల పెండ్లానికి మోకాళ్ళ మొగుడు
mondichetula pendlaniki mokalla mogudu
For a wife with stump hands, a husband with stump knees.
This proverb is used to describe a situation where two people who are equally stubborn, incompetent, or flawed are paired together. It suggests that for every difficult or peculiar person, there is an equally matching counterpart, often implying that they deserve each other or that their flaws cancel each other out in a humorous or cynical way.
కుంటి చేతులవాడు నువ్వులు తినని, బెదిరించినట్లు.
kunti chetulavadu nuvvulu tinani, bedirinchinatlu.
Like a man with handicapped hands threatening that he won't eat sesame seeds.
This proverb describes a situation where someone tries to make a threat or a 'sacrifice' that they are physically incapable of doing anyway. Since a person with handicapped or paralyzed hands cannot pick up tiny sesame seeds to eat them, threatening to 'boycott' eating them is meaningless and laughable. It is used to mock someone making empty threats or pretending to abstain from something they can't have in the first place.
తాతకు దగ్గులు నేర్పినట్లు
tataku daggulu nerpinatlu
Like teaching a grandfather how to cough
This expression is used when someone tries to teach or give advice to a person who is far more experienced, skilled, or knowledgeable in that particular subject. It highlights the irony or absurdity of a novice trying to instruct a master.