పాపమని పాలుపోస్తే, వద్దని వలకబోసినాడట

papamani paluposte, vaddani valakabosinadata

Translation

When milk was poured out of pity, he spilled it saying he didn't want it.

Meaning

This proverb is used to describe a situation where someone shows ungratefulness or arrogance toward an act of kindness. It refers to a person who rejects or wastes a gesture of help or charity that was offered to them in their time of need.

Related Phrases

When a bowl of gruel was offered out of pity, he left in a huff complaining it had no salt.

This proverb is used to describe an ungrateful person who, despite being in a desperate situation and receiving help, finds trivial faults in the assistance provided. It highlights the irony of a beggar or someone in need being choosy or demanding when receiving charity.

Like feeding milk and raising a snake.

This expression is used to describe a situation where someone helps or nurtures a person who is inherently dangerous or ungrateful, and who will eventually turn around and harm their benefactor. It serves as a warning against trusting or aiding individuals with a malicious nature.

You can raise a snake by feeding it milk, but you should never trust a woman.

This is a traditional, albeit misogynistic, Telugu proverb used to caution against placing absolute trust in a woman's intentions or loyalty. It suggests that even the most dangerous creature (a snake) is more predictable than the nature of a woman. It is often cited in old literature or dramatic contexts to warn about betrayal.

When asked what the carpenter's daughter was doing, he said she was spilling things only to pick them up again.

This proverb describes a person who engages in redundant, unproductive, or repetitive work that yields no actual progress. It is used to mock someone who keeps themselves busy with meaningless tasks or creates their own problems just to solve them, essentially wasting time and energy without any real result.

When offered a bowl of porridge out of pity, one went to court complaining it lacked spice.

This proverb describes extreme ingratitude or entitlement. It is used when someone receives help or a favor during a difficult time but instead of being thankful, they find petty faults or demand even more from the person who helped them.

Feeding a snake with milk.

This expression is used to describe a situation where someone helps or shows kindness to a wicked or ungrateful person, who in turn ends up harming the benefactor. It highlights the futility and danger of nurturing someone with an inherently malicious nature.

Showing kindness to an ungrateful person.

When an old saree was given out of pity, she went behind a wall and measured its length.

This proverb is used to describe someone who is ungrateful or overly critical of a charitable act. It refers to a person who, instead of being thankful for a gift given out of kindness, immediately starts looking for flaws or checking its value/size to see if it meets their expectations.

When milk was given out of pity, he poured it out saying it was too thin.

This proverb describes someone who is ungrateful or overly critical of an act of kindness. It is used when a person receives help or a gift but instead of being thankful, they find minor faults in it and reject or complain about it.

They deliberately do the work that was forbidden

This expression describes a contrary or rebellious nature where someone specifically chooses to do something exactly because they were told not to. It is often used to describe stubborn children or people who show defiance by performing prohibited actions with extra enthusiasm.

When milk was offered out of pity, he supposedly complained that it wasn't hot.

This proverb describes a situation where someone shows base ingratitude. It refers to a person who, despite being helped out of compassion or charity, finds minor faults or makes unnecessary demands instead of being thankful. It is used to criticize those who take advantage of kindness or act entitled when receiving help.