శుభం పలకరా పెండ్లికొడకా అంటే.. పెండ్లికి వచ్చిన ముత్తయిదువులంతా నా పెద్ద పెండ్లాలు అన్నాడట!

shubham palakara pendlikodaka ante.. pendliki vachchina muttayiduvulanta na pedda pendlalu annadata!

Translation

When asked to speak auspicious words, the groom said all the married women at the wedding are his senior wives.

Meaning

This proverb is used to describe a person who says something incredibly foolish, offensive, or inappropriate when asked to speak or act properly. It highlights the irony of someone ruining a positive situation by being tactless or utterly lacking common sense.

Related Phrases

Your marriage is rubbish, come to my marriage and betel.

This expression describes a person who is extremely selfish and dismissive of others' priorities. It refers to someone who ignores the importance of another person's significant event (like their own wedding) while demanding they attend and participate in his own affairs.

They said your wedding is ruined, so come to my wedding to collect the ritual betel leaves (tamboolam).

This expression is used to describe a person who is extremely insensitive or selfish. It refers to a situation where someone ignores another person's tragedy or loss and instead asks them for help or participation in their own celebration. It highlights a complete lack of empathy.

He said, 'Your wedding is ruined anyway, so come and hold the torches for my wedding.'

This expression is used to describe a person who is extremely selfish and lacks empathy. It refers to someone who, instead of comforting or helping a person in a crisis, tries to exploit that person's misfortune for their own personal gain or service.

Is everyone who comes to a wedding a bride?

This expression is used to remind someone that not every participant in an event or a process holds a primary or significant role. It highlights that just because someone is present or involved in a situation, it doesn't mean they possess the same status or importance as the central figure. It is often used to mock someone who assumes an unearned level of importance.

When asked to say something auspicious, the groom asked where the widow bride was.

This proverb is used to describe a person who says something highly inappropriate, offensive, or pessimistic at a moment when they are expected to be positive or auspicious. It highlights social awkwardness or a lack of common sense in critical situations.

All shame is gone, junior wife; shall we at least go to the wedding, senior wife?

This expression is used to describe a person who lacks self-respect or has already lost their reputation and continues to act shamelessly without concern for social standing. It highlights a situation where someone, having already suffered a major embarrassment or failure, behaves as if nothing happened or tries to seek further social engagement despite their loss of dignity.

Any quantity of presents must suffice at a dead man's marriage. When a marriage takes place, presents of cloths are sent to the bride and bridegroom by their relations. Return gifts of about equal value are made shortly after the marriage. Should the bridegroom, however, die during the ceremonies, no presents are returned, and no complaints are therefore made regarding the value of those received.

This expression is used to describe a situation where one should be content with whatever little benefit or payment they receive in a hopeless or lost situation. Since a dead man cannot marry, any dowry received is an unexpected bonus from a failed endeavor.

Like saying, 'May your wedding be ruined, but come and hold a torch at mine.'

This expression describes a person's extreme selfishness and lack of empathy. It refers to someone who curses or wishes ill upon others, yet shamelessly expects those same people to help them or serve them in their own endeavors.

When an elderly bridegroom was jokingly asked to say something funny, he replied " All the married ladies who have come to the marriage are my old wives." A person making himself ridiculous.

This proverb is used to describe someone who lacks common sense or humility, and instead of taking a compliment or a suggestion gracefully, they respond with an absurd, arrogant, or inappropriate remark. It mocks a person who, despite being in an awkward or late-stage situation (like an old man getting married), acts with unearned overconfidence or makes foolish claims that embarrass themselves.

When the bridegroom was asked to use auspicious words, he said "What is to me whose wife becomes a widow? If you feed me with the rice ball offered to the dead, I will lie down and sleep like a corpse near the painted pots." Annoying others with unsuitable speeches.

This proverb describes a person who is extremely pessimistic, cynical, or lacks any sense of propriety. It is used to describe someone who speaks ill or brings up morbid, inauspicious topics during a happy occasion, or someone who is only concerned with their own basic needs (like food) regardless of how inappropriate or harmful their behavior is to the situation.

*Tener la barriga & la boca.