ఊర పిచ్చుక మీద తాటికాయ వుంచినట్టు

Telugu

Etymology

Literally, “like putting a palmyra fruit on a sparrow”,

Proverb

ఊర పిచ్చుక మీద తాటికాయ వుంచినట్టు • (ūra piccuka mīda tāṭikāya vuñcinaṭṭu)

  1. expecting a person to do what is beyond his power

References

  • “ఊర పిచ్చుక మీద తాటికాయ వుంచినట్టు” 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 13
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