పిల్లికి బిచ్చం పెట్టనివాడు, లోకానికి ఉపకారం చేస్తాడా?

This expression is used to describe a situation where someone sets unrealistic conditions or makes excuses to avoid doing something immediately. It implies that a person is waiting for a position of luxury or high status before they fulfill their basic duties or reconnect with their roots.

This proverb highlights that internal conflicts or lack of unity among relatives/allies make one vulnerable to outsiders. When your own people turn against you or disrespect you, it gives strangers the courage and opportunity to cause you harm.

This expression refers to a person who has no money or assets but is excessively concerned with outward appearances or vanity. It is used to describe someone who spends time grooming themselves or acting 'grand' despite being in poverty or lacking basic resources.

This expression is used to describe someone who becomes extremely furious, aggressive, or reacts with intense anger when provoked. Just as a cobra strikes back instantly and fiercely when its tail is trodden upon, this phrase characterizes a person's sudden and violent retaliation to an insult or injury.

This expression describes a situation where an extremely weak or timid person attempts to take advantage of or mock someone who is immensely powerful and dangerous. It is often used to highlight an act of foolish overconfidence or an impossible, paradoxical scenario that defies logic.

This proverb describes a situation where someone who is hurt or humiliated by a superior or an uncontrollable force vents their frustration and displays false bravado toward someone weaker than them. It highlights the tendency to deflect anger onto subordinates instead of addressing the actual source of the problem.

This expression is used to describe an extremely stingy or miserly person who lacks even the smallest amount of generosity. It implies that the person is so greedy that they wouldn't even share a tiny scrap of food with a stray animal.

This expression describes a futile or impossible task. Just as it is impossible for a person to actually step on the head of their own shadow (as the shadow moves with them), it refers to actions that are self-defeating, redundant, or trying to achieve something that is inherently unachievable due to one's own nature or presence.

This proverb is used to describe a person who lacks basic skills or competence, but attempts to 'help' or perform a task only to ruin it completely. It highlights how an incompetent person's intervention often makes a situation worse.

This proverb is used to point out the pointlessness of 'if' and 'but' scenarios that involve impossible conditions. It suggests that speculating about hypothetical changes to fundamental facts is a waste of time and does not change reality.