ఆశ ఆలి మీద, ఆధారం చాప మీద

Telugu

Proverb

ఆశ ఆలి మీద, ఆధారం చాప మీద • (āśa āli mīda, ādhāraṁ cāpa mīda)

1. His desire is on his wife and his support on his mat. (Nothing for it but resignation.)

References

• “ఆశ ఆలి మీద, ఆధారం చాప మీద.” 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 10