చింత లేదు, చింత లేకపోతే పులుసు లేదు
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[edit]Proverb
[edit]చింత లేదు, చింత లేకపోతే పులుసు లేదు • (cinta lēdu, cinta lēkapōtē pulusu lēdu)
- "No matter" said one, "Then if there's no tamarind, there's no acid" said the other. (There is here a pun upon the word Chinta which means both "thought, sorrow" and also "tamarinds.")
References
[edit]- “చింత లేదు, చింత లేకపోతే పులుసు లేదు.” 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 31