ఎద్దు మోశినంత, గోనె పట్టినంత

Telugu

Proverb

ఎద్దు మోశినంత, గోనె పట్టినంత • (eddu mōśinanta, gōne paṭṭinanta)

1. As much as the bullock can carry, as much as the bag will hold. (literally, "no more can be taken")

References

• “ఎద్దు మోశినంత, గోనె పట్టినంత” 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 14