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“Telugu:
పెద్ద పులి తరుముక వచ్చినా, హజారము ముందరికి పోరాదు”
English Translation:
Though you be pursued by a tiger, you should not pass in front of the royal court.Applied to a tyrannical Government.

— Telugu

Related Mantras

“Telugu:
తాగేది దమ్మిడీ గంజాయి, యిల్లంతా చెడు వుమ్ములు”
English Translation:
He smokes half a farthing’s worth of Ganjayi, and fouls the whole house with spittle.Ganjayi (Hind. Ganjha) is the hemp plant (Cannabis Sativa) the leaves or young leaf-buds of which are bruised and smoked to produce intoxication. In its liquid form it is called Bhang.—A Dammidi is the twelfth of an ana ( anna ).Great injury caused by a little evil.

“Telugu:
అవ్వా కావలెను, బువ్వా కావలెను”
English Translation:
I want grand-mother and I want food.Said by a child who did not wish to leave its grand-mother, but who had to do so to get its dinner.You cannot drink and whistle at the same time. (Danish)

“Telugu:
నిశ్చితార్థము నాడే నీలగ వలశినది, నాగవల్లి దాకా వుండడము నా అదృష్టమే గదా”
English Translation:
He ought to have died on the day of betrothal, it is my good fortune that he has lived until the fourth day of the marriageSaid ironically by a girl who had been married to an old man who died before the completion of the ceremonies.