తినబెట్టమంటే వినబెట్టమన్నట్లు

tinabettamante vinabettamannatlu

Translation

When asked to feed, they asked to listen.

Meaning

This proverb is used to describe a person who avoids doing a specific requested task by offering an irrelevant or useless alternative. It highlights an uncooperative attitude where one pretends to help but avoids the actual effort or responsibility required, similar to someone offering words instead of food to a hungry person.

Related Phrases

Like crying for a different plate when food is being served to eat.

This proverb describes a situation where someone focuses on trivial or irrelevant things while the main goal or benefit is right in front of them. It is used to mock people who waste time complaining about the process or tools instead of enjoying the result or getting the job done.

While the whole village was drying grain, someone was drying a fox's tail.

This proverb describes a person who does something useless, eccentric, or irrelevant while everyone else is engaged in productive or essential work. It is used to mock people who lack a sense of priority or follow trends in a foolish and meaningless way.

Counting Pisces and Aries

This expression refers to a person who is indecisive or procrastinating. It describes the act of unnecessarily delaying a decision or action by over-analyzing minor details, similar to someone idly staring at the stars and counting zodiac signs instead of focusing on the task at hand.

When asked to clear the leaf plates, he started counting how many people had eaten.

This proverb describes a person who tries to avoid work or delay a task by engaging in irrelevant, trivial, or unnecessary calculations. It is used to mock someone who makes excuses or acts foolishly instead of simply doing the job assigned to them.

When asked to clear the used leaf plates, he started counting the guests.

This expression is used to describe a person who tries to avoid work or procrastinate by engaging in irrelevant tasks or by finding excuses. It highlights a tendency to focus on trivial data instead of performing the actual duty at hand.

Like burning the raft after crossing the river

This expression describes a person who displays extreme ingratitude or selfishness. It refers to someone who uses others' help or resources to overcome a difficult situation and then immediately discards or destroys those resources (or cuts ties with the helper) once their purpose is served, showing no regard for future needs or the kindness received.

Cooking done in youth - A son born in youth

This proverb highlights that certain things are most effective or beneficial when done at the right age or time. Just as one has the energy to cook well and the health to enjoy food in their youth, having children while young ensures that the parents are strong enough to raise them and will have their children's support while the parents are still relatively active.

The woman who was asked to cook ended up laying the household men to rest.

This expression is used to describe a situation where someone who was brought in to help or perform a simple task ends up causing complete destruction or ruin. It highlights the irony of a person’s incompetence or malicious nature resulting in a disaster far worse than the original problem they were meant to solve.

He puts his sandals on his head and claims he is touching the gateway to heaven.

This expression is used to describe a person who behaves foolishly or commits lowly acts while making grand, pretentious claims about their status or achievements. It highlights the irony of someone who is in a degraded state but imagines or boasts that they have reached the pinnacle of success.

When asked to lift horse grams, asking for the entire village.

This proverb describes a person who, when asked to perform a simple or specific small task, responds with irrelevant, grand, or impossible demands. It is used to highlight someone's evasiveness or their tendency to complicate a straightforward request with unnecessary conditions.