పట్టిన ఇరువు వలె

This expression is used to describe someone who acts with premature or excessive caution. It highlights the futility of trying to prepare for a major, long-term crisis (like a drought) with small, temporary measures (like cooked leftovers) that will likely spoil before they are even needed.

This proverb describes extreme selfishness or one-sidedness. It is used to mock people who expect to take everything from others while being completely unwilling to share anything of their own. It highlights a double standard where someone wants a part of another person's property or benefits but keeps their own resources strictly to themselves.

This proverb describes a situation of extreme bad luck or irony where success and disaster occur simultaneously. It is used when a long-awaited positive outcome or reward is immediately neutralized or ruined by an unexpected calamity, leaving no chance to enjoy the fruits of one's labor.

This expression is used to describe a situation that was already bad or mediocre, which then became significantly worse due to additional hardships. It implies that when resources are already scarce or of poor quality, any further calamity makes the situation unbearable or impossible to manage.

Worse and worse.

This expression is used to describe someone who goes to extremes or becomes obsessively persistent in whatever task they undertake. It can also refer to someone who consistently encounters bad luck or complications in every endeavor they start, as if it were cursed or jinxed.

This expression is used to describe a person who is extremely busy, preoccupied, or hyper-focused on a task, similar to how an ant becomes intensely active and focused once it discovers a food source (bundle/mulle) to carry back to its nest.

This expression refers to entering a situation where everything is already perfectly prepared and ready for use without any effort from the person joining. It is most commonly used in the context of a bride entering a well-established household where she does not have to struggle to set up a new life or home from scratch.

This expression is used to describe a situation or a place that is completely overgrown, cluttered, or overwhelmed by something undesirable that is difficult to remove. In an agricultural context, 'malle' refers to a specific type of invasive weed that chokes the main crop, symbolizing a mess that requires significant effort to clean up.

Literally referring to the Mimosa pudica plant, this expression is used to describe a person who is extremely sensitive, shy, or gets easily offended or hurt by even the slightest comment or touch.

This expression describes items or individuals that are in their most effective or dangerous state. Just as a knife is most useful when sharpened (tari), a person (historically used in the context of a captive woman or 'kutthi' meaning a young woman/slave) is most vulnerable or completely under someone's control. In modern usage, it highlights the peak state of readiness or the absolute influence one holds over something.