కొన్నది వంకాయ, కొసరినది గుమ్మడికాయ

Telugu

Proverb

కొన్నది వంకాయ, కొసరినది గుమ్మడికాయ • (konnadi vaṅkāya, kosarinadi gummaḍikāya)

  1. What he bought was a brinjal, what he got to boot was a gourd.

References
  • “కొన్నది వంకాయ, కొసరినది గుమ్మడికాయ.” 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 27
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