తినేది గొడ్డు మాంసం, చేసేది దేవతార్చన.

tinedi goddu mamsam, chesedi devatarchana.

Translation

Eating beef while performing divine worship.

Meaning

This proverb is used to describe hypocritical behavior where a person's private actions are base or unethical, while their public persona is one of extreme piety and virtue. It highlights the contradiction between a person's low character and their outward display of religious or moral superiority.

Related Phrases

Living a poor life, but getting royal diseases.

This proverb is used to describe a situation where someone with very limited financial means or a humble lifestyle suffers from expensive problems or high-maintenance ailments that they cannot afford to manage. It highlights the irony of having a 'poor' status but 'rich' troubles.

Flesh increases flesh.

This proverb suggests that consuming meat or protein-rich food helps in building body mass and muscle. It is often used to emphasize the relationship between diet and physical growth, or metaphorically to imply that like attracts like.

A type that eats dog meat

Used to describe a person with an extremely low character, someone who is unscrupulous, or someone capable of doing anything for personal gain without any moral boundaries.

Meat increases meat

This expression is used to suggest that a diet rich in protein (specifically meat) promotes physical growth and body weight. It is often cited in discussions about nutrition or body building to emphasize that consuming animal flesh helps in building one's own muscle and mass.

Buying amaranth, but eating water spinach.

This expression is used to describe a situation where there is a mismatch between what is expected or planned and what actually happens. It highlights inconsistency, deception, or the irony of someone claiming to do one thing while actually doing something of lesser value or something entirely different.

From the tom-tom to the worship of the idols, he has but one word. Said of an ignorant man, who has but one idea in his noddle.

This expression is used to describe a person who remains consistent, stubborn, or repetitive regardless of the situation. It signifies someone who says the same thing or behaves the same way from the beginning to the end of a process, often used to point out a lack of flexibility or a persistent obsession with a single point.

Eating beef while performing divine worship.

This proverb is used to describe a person's hypocrisy or double standards. It refers to someone who engages in sinful, forbidden, or low-quality actions in private or reality, while putting on an outward show of extreme piety, morality, or devotion.

While one person does the work, another one grazes (enjoys the fruits).

This proverb describes a situation where one person puts in all the hard labor or effort, but the rewards or benefits are unfairly reaped by someone else who did nothing. It is commonly used to express frustration over exploitation or unequal distribution of results.

What is eaten every day is food, what is eaten with delicacies is a meal.

This expression highlights the distinction between basic sustenance and a grand, ceremonial feast. It is often used to differentiate between a routine task and a special, high-quality experience or to emphasize that something is truly complete only when it includes special elements.

Performing Shiva puja (worship), but entering a nomad's hut.

This proverb is used to describe hypocrisy. It refers to someone who outwardly pretends to be pious, noble, or strictly religious, but secretly engages in immoral, lowly, or contradictory activities.