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“Telugu:
ఉద్యోగం పురుషలక్షణం, అది పోతే అవలక్షణం.”,”
,English Translation:
Employment makes the man; he is a luckless fellow if he lose it.

“Telugu:
ఎద్దు దున్నగా పిణుజు వొగిరించినది”
English Translation:
While the bullock was ploughing, the tick pulled and blew.Applied to a person who does little in assisting others but makes much of it.What a dust have I raised! quoth the fly upon the coach.

“Telugu:
పుట్ట మీద తేలు కుట్టినా, నాగుమయ్య మహిమేనా”
English Translation:
If one is stung by a scorpion on an ant bill has it the venom of the snake-god ?Puțța is a white ant hill, where snakes are found.Applied to a person supposing himself to have been injured through the malice of an enemy.