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“Telugu:
ఎల్లవారమ్మల బ్రతుకు తెల్లవారితే తెలుస్తుంది”
English Translation:
When it dawns, we shall know whose mother is alive.Said by a man to his wife, at whose instigation he had agreed that they should kill his mother. The mothers of the pair slept together and the wife’s mother was murdered instead of the husband’s, with the latter’s knowledge. The wife, having an inkling of the truth, endeavoured to persuade her husband to go and see which of the two they had spared, and he replied as above.

“Telugu:
పుచ్చకాయ దొంగ అంటే, భుజము తడిమి చూచుకొన్నాడ�”
English Translation:
When the robber of the water melon was spoken of, he felt his shoulders.( See No. 786.)Guilty conscience.

“Telugu:
కుక్క సంతకు పోయి తునకోల దెబ్బలు తిన్నట్టు”
English Translation:
When the dog went to the fair he was beaten with the scale-beam.A vain fellow will be ignominiously treated.