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“Telugu:
పిట్టా పిట్టా పోరు పిల్లి తీర్చినట్టు”
English Translation:
Like the cat settling the dispute between two birds.By eating them both up ( See Telugu Panchatantra, page 94. )

— Telugu

Related Mantras

“Telugu:
నాం బడా, దర్శన్ థోడా”
English Translation:
Great in name, but little to look at.The words of this proverb are Hindustani.

“Telugu:
ఎండబడితే వుండబడుతుంది, వుండబడితే వండబడుతుంది, వండబడితే తిండబడుతుంది, తిండబడితే పండబడుతుంది”
English Translation:
If the sun gets hot, he will have to stay; if he stays, dinner will have to be cooked for him; if it is cooked, it will have to be eaten ; and if he eats it, he will have to lie down.The muttered grumblings of a stingy host.

“Telugu:
ఏ పుట్టలో యే పాము వున్నదో తెలియదు”
English Translation:
What snake it is, and what hole it lives in, we don’t know.Said of persons whose abilities are not yet known.