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“Telugu:
చక్కెర పూత పూశిన విషము”
English Translation:
Poison covered with sugar.A flattering speech is honied poison. (Latin)Sugared words generally prove bitter(Spanish)

— Telugu

Related Mantras

“Telugu:
కూచమ్మ కూడ బెట్టితే, మాచమ్మ మాయము చేశినది.”,”
,English Translation:
Machamma made away with what Kuchamma gathered.

“Telugu:
ఎగదీస్తే బ్రహ్మత్య, దిగదీస్తే గోహత్య”
English Translation:
If I say this, it will be killing a Brahman; if I say that, it will be killing a cow.Said by a reluctant witness to himself, when called to give evidence regarding a complaint made by a Brahman that another man’s cow had grazed in his field.Being placed in a dilemma. by having to give evidence in a quarrel between two friends.

“Telugu:
ఋణశేషము, వ్రణశేషము, అగ్నిశేషము, వుంచకూడదు”
English Translation:
Remains of a debt, of a sore, or of a fire should not be left.