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“Telugu:
కుమ్ము చెప్పుకొనేటందుకు గూడూరు పోతే, యేడు వూళ్ల కుమ్ము యెదురుగా వచ్చినది”
English Translation:
When he went to Gudur to tell of his misfortune, the misfortune of seven villages met him.Whither goest thou, Misfortune? To where there is more. (Spanish.)

“Telugu:
నా పప్పు కలిశినంతా నేనే తింటాను”
English Translation:
I will eat as much of the rice as my Dal has been mixed with.( For Dd! see N0. 188-)Said by the greater of two men who, when travelling together, hsd mixed their food, the big men having brought dAl and the other rice.Applied to a. grasping, selfish man.

“Telugu:
తిన్నయింటి వాసాలు యెంచుతావేమిరా అంటే, పొరిగింటికి పోతే వూర్కుంటారా అన్నాడ�”
English Translation:
When a man was asked why he was counting the rafters of the house in which he had been well treated, he replied, “Would they allow me to do it in the next house ?”Gross ingratitude.I taught you to swim, and now you’d drown me.