చెప్పితే శిగ్గు, దాస్తే దుఃఖం

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Telugu

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Proverb

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చెప్పితే శిగ్గు, దాస్తే దుఃఖం (ceppitē śiggu, dāstē duḥkhaṁ)

  1. If you tell it—shame; if you hide it—sorrow. (The allusion is to adultery.)

References

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  • “చెప్పితే శిగ్గు, దాస్తే దుఃఖం.” 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 34