గూట్లో దీపం, కుక్షిలో అన్నం

Telugu

Proverb

గూట్లో దీపం, కుక్షిలో అన్నం • (gūṭlō dīpaṃ, kukṣilō annaṃ)

  1. [As soon as] the light [is] in the niche, [he puts his] food into his belly.

References
  • “గూట్లో దీపం, కుక్షిలో అన్నం.” 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 30
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