అంబటికీ ఆశ, మీసాలకూ ఆశ

Telugu

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ambaʈikiː aːɕa, miːsaːlakuː aːɕa/, [ambaʈikiː aːʃa, miːsaːlakuː aːʃa]

Proverb

అంబటికీ ఆశ, మీసాలకూ ఆశ • (ambaṭikī āśa, mīsālakū āśa)

1. Wishing for porridge and also for mustaches. (literally, "the two don't do well together")

References

• “అంబటికీ ఆశ, మీసాలకూ ఆశ” 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 2