ఎద్దు మోశినంత, గోనె పట్టినంత

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Telugu[edit]

Proverb[edit]

ఎద్దు మోశినంత, గోనె పట్టినంత (eddu mōśinanta, gōne paṭṭinanta)

  1. As much as the bullock can carry, as much as the bag will hold. (literally, "no more can be taken")

References[edit]

  • “ఎద్దు మోశినంత, గోనె పట్టినంత” in Captain M. W. Carr (1868) A Collection of Telugu Proverbs translated, illustrated and explained; together with some Sanscrit Proverbs printed in the Devanâgarî and Telugu Characters, Madras: Christian Knowledge Society's Press, page 14