వడ్లవాండ్ల పిల్లేమి జేస్తున్నదంటే, వలకబోసి ఎత్తుకుంటుందన్నాడట

This expression is used to describe a person who is engaged in completely useless, absurd, or impossible tasks because they have nothing productive to do. Since rabbits do not have horns, 'drawing lines on a rabbit's horn' signifies wasting time on non-existent or futile activities.

This expression is used to describe someone who repeats the same mistakes over and over, or someone who engages in unproductive work that involves creating a problem just to fix it. It highlights a cycle of useless effort or a lack of real progress.

This proverb is used to describe a situation where someone shows ungratefulness or arrogance toward an act of kindness. It refers to a person who rejects or wastes a gesture of help or charity that was offered to them in their time of need.

This proverb is used to describe someone who engages in futile, unproductive, or repetitive work that yields no actual result. It refers to a situation where a person stays busy by creating their own problems just to solve them, essentially wasting time and effort without any progress.

This proverb is used to describe a sarcastic or ironic situation where a person's excuse to avoid a task or a place is met with an even more inconvenient or absurd demand. It highlights the lack of empathy or total misunderstanding of someone's discomfort, or a situation where someone is forced to endure exactly what they are trying to escape from.

This proverb is used to describe someone who engages in useless, counterproductive, or repetitive work that yields no results. It highlights the behavior of creating a problem just to solve it, or performing tasks that are essentially a waste of time and effort.

This proverb is used to mock someone who engages in futile, self-created work just to appear busy or productive. It describes a situation where a person creates their own problems or errors only to spend time fixing them, resulting in no actual progress or value. It is often applied to bureaucrats or professionals who indulge in unnecessary paperwork or circular logic.

This proverb warns against trusting a person with a known history of dishonesty or theft. It implies that if you enter into a partnership or trust someone who is habitually untrustworthy, you shouldn't be surprised when they eventually betray you or steal your belongings. It is used to describe situations where someone suffers a loss due to their own poor judgment in choosing associates.

This proverb is used to describe someone who, instead of focusing on their own shortcomings or fixing their own problems, spends all their time judging, critiquing, or obsessing over the qualities and successes of others. It highlights the irony of being preoccupied with things one lacks.

* Adonde vas, mal ? Adonde mas hay. † La pèle se moque du fourgon. ‡ La padella dice al pajuolo, Fatti in la che tu me tigni,

This proverb is used to describe a person who worries or grieves unnecessarily about hypothetical future problems that haven't even happened yet. It highlights the absurdity of being anxious about potential future events while ignoring the present.

Anticipating evils. You cry out before you are hurt.