తన నీడే తన పిశాచము

Telugu

Proverb

తన నీడే తన పిశాచము • (tana nīḍē tana piśācamu)

  1. His shadow is his devil. (Afraid of his 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
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