కంటికి రెప్ప, కాలికి చెప్పు

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Telugu

Proverb

కంటికి రెప్ప, కాలికి చెప్పు (kaṇṭiki reppa, kāliki ceppu)

  1. A lid to the eye, a shoe to the foot. (literally, "the protection necessary")

References

  • “కంటికి రెప్ప, కాలికి చెప్పు” 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 20