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