అప్పు చేసి పప్పు కూడు

Telugu

Etymology

Literally "eating dal through debt", from the perception of dal as an expensive and luxurious food in villages.

Proverb

అప్పు చేసి పప్పు కూడు • (appu cēsi pappu kūḍu)

1. getting into unnecessary spending/debt to show off

References

• అప్పుచేసిపప్పుకూడుతినుట at Telugu On-line Dictionaries Project on Andhra Bharati, partially sponsored by the Telugu Association of North America (in Telugu)
• Sāmetalu: Telugu Proverbs‎^[1], 2nd edition, Hyderabad: CP Brown Academy, 2008, page 13