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“Telugu:
పోతేపల్లివారికి పప్పే సంభావన”
English Translation:
To the men of Potépalli, Dal is the money present.Said of very poor Brahmans ready to rush to feasts for the sake only of the food, although they know that they will not receive a present in money.Pôtêpalli literally means “” Going-village.””

“Telugu:
కత్తి తీశి కంపలో వేశి యేకు తీశి పొడుచుకుంటానన్నట్టు”
English Translation:
Like a man throwing away the knife and threatening to kill himself with a flock of cotton.Saying and doing are two things.

“Telugu:
పిల్లిని చంపిన పాపము నీది, బెల్లము తిన్న పాపము నాది”
English Translation:
You take the sin of killing the cat, I’ll take the sin of eating your molasses.Said by s stingy Komati to a Brahman priest to whom he had presented the cheapest possible ofl‘ering that would expiate the sin he had committed by killing a cat, viz., a little image of a cat made of molasses, which he afterwards was greedy enough to take back again and swallow.