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“Telugu:
అధమునికి ఆలయ్యేటంతకంటే, బలవంతునికి బానిసె అయ్యేది మేలు.”,”
,English Translation:
Better be the hand-maid of a great man than the wife of a low fellow.Better fare hard with good men than feast with bad.

“Telugu:
అత్త మంచీ, వేముల తీపూ లేదు.”,”
,English Translation:
There is no goodness in a mother-in-law nor sweetness in Margosa trees.Vêmu is the Azadirachts lndica.She is well married who has neither mother-in-law nor sister-in-law (Spanish)

“Telugu:
అధిక ఆషాఢం”
English Translation:
An intercalary Ashadha.The month Ashadha corresponds with June-July.Said by a man when excusing himself for not observing the rules of the house in which he was staying.

“Telugu:
అత్తలేని కోడలు వుత్తమురాలు, కోడలులేని అత్త గుణవంతురాలు”
English Translation:
Where there is no mother-in-law, the daughter-in-law is perfect; where there is no daughter-in-law, the mother-in-law is good tempered.As long I was a daughter-in-law I never had a good mother-in-law, and as long as I was a mother-in-law I never had a good daughter-in-law. (Spanish) ​

“Telugu:
అధికాశ లోకదారిద్ర్యము”
English Translation:
Excessive cupidity leads to excessive poverty.Avarice bursts the bag. (French)

“Telugu:
అత్తవల్ల దొంగతనమున్ను, మగనివల్ల రంకున్ను నేర్చుకొన్నట్టు”
English Translation:
Deceitfulness is learnt from mother in-law, adultry is learnt from a husband.Jealous watching leads to unfaithfulness.At the gate where suspicion enters, love goes out.If the wife sins, the husband is not innocent. (Italian.)

“Telugu:
అని అనిపించుకోవలెనా అత్తగారా”
English Translation:
O mother-in-law, should you accuse me and bring a reproach on yourself in return ?Those who live in glass houses should not throw stones.

“Telugu:
అత్తవారింటి సుఖము మోచేతి దెబ్బవంటిది”
English Translation:
The pleasure felt in a mother-in-law’s house is like a blow on the elbow.Happy is the wife who is married to a motherless son.

“Telugu:
అన్నచొరవేగాని, అక్షరచొరవలేదు”
English Translation:
Clever at his meals, but stupid at his books.Well fed, but ill taught. (French)He has two stomachs to eat, and one to work. ​

“Telugu:
అత్తా వకరింటి కోడలే”
English Translation:
The mother-in-law was herself once a daughter-in-law.The mother-in-law forgets that she was a daughter-in-law. (Spanish.)

“Telugu:
అత్తి పూచినట్టు”
English Translation:
Like the fig blossoming.This tree (Ficus Glomerata) bears no apparent blossoms.That is as likely as to see a hog fly.

“Telugu:
అదికుమ్ము, యిదిదుమ్ము, పదరా పందిట్లోకి”
English Translation:
There are smouldering ashes there, and dust here; let us go out into the Pandili.Pandili is a verandah thatched with leaves. ​

“Telugu:
అదుగో అంటే ఆరునెలలు”
English Translation:
When he says, “ here you are,” it means six months.One “ Take it”” is better than two “” You shall have its.”” (French)

“Telugu:
అదంత్రునికి ఆశపెట్టరాదు, బలవంతునికి చోటివ్వరాదు”
English Translation:
You should not encourage vain hopes in a helpless dependant, nor give place to a powerful man.

“Telugu:
అదే పతకమయితే మనము బ్రతకమా”
English Translation:
If this were a brooch, might we not be made rich ?Patakam ( Sans. Padaka) is a valuable ornament attached to the Kanthasara (necklace). The allusion is to one made of false gold, and set with false gems.Disappointment.The treasure turned out charcoal. (Latin)

“Telugu:
అత్త కొట్టిన కుండ అడుగోటి కుండ, కోడలు కొట్టిన కుండ కొత్త కుండ”
English Translation:
The pot broken by the mother-in-law was a cracked pot, the pot broken by the daughter-in-law was a new pot.