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“Telugu:
చెరుకా బెల్లము పెట్టమంటే పెట్టునా”
English Translation:
If you ask the sugar-cane to give you molasses will it do so ?Strong measures must be used with stubborn folk.

— Telugu

Related Mantras

“Telugu:
పెండ్లికి వెళ్లుదామంటే, వెళ్లిపోదామంటాడు”
English Translation:
One man said “Let us go to the marriage,” the other replied “Let us leave the country.”A spirit of contradiction. ​

“Telugu:
కాటికి కాళ్లు చాచుకొని తిండికి చెయ్యి చాచేవాడు”
English Translation:
He stretches out his legs towards the cemetery, and stretches out his hand for food.Greedy to the last.

“Telugu:
కోమటి సాక్ష్యము”
English Translation:
A Komati’s evidence.A story is told of a Komati who, when asked to identify a horse about which a Musalman and Hindu were quarrelling, said the forepart of it looked like the Musalman’s horse and the hind part like the Hindu’s.