తన నీడే తన పిశాచము

Telugu

Etymology

Literally, “his shadow is his devil”.

Proverb

తన నీడే తన పిశాచము • (tana nīḍē tana piśācamu)

1. afraid of one's own shadow

References

• “తన నీడే తన పిశాచము.” 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 37