Telugu

Proverb

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

1. like putting a palmyra fruit on a sparrow (literally, "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