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“Telugu Proverb:
బిచ్చపు వాణ్ని చూస్తే బీద వానికి కోపము”
— English Translation:
The sight of a beggar rouses a poor man’s anger.Said impertinently by a beggar when he gets nothing.

“Telugu Proverb:
బిచ్చపు కూటికి శనేశ్వరమడ్డగించినట్టు”
— English Translation:
Saturn prevented the [eating of] food got by begging.

“Telugu Proverb:
బాన తప్పినవాడూ బడిం తిరిగినవాడూ వకటి”
— English Translation:
A man that breaks his word and a vagrant are alike.

“Telugu Proverb:
బావిలోతు చూడ వచ్చునుగాని, మనస్సులోతు చూడ కూడదు”
— English Translation:
You can see the depth of a well, but not ‘the depth of the mind.No one can see into another further than his teeth. (Danish)

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— English Translation:
When his brother-in-law said to him “O brother-in-law! your wife has become a widow,” he cried bitterly.Said of a blockhead.

“Telugu Proverb:
బావ మరిది బ్రతకకోరును, దాయాది చావ కోరును”
— English Translation:
Your wife's brother will wish you to live, your paternal relatives will wish you to die.When a Hindu dies his widow is supported by her relatives, and his portion of the family property goes to his relations on the father's side. ​

“Telugu Proverb:
బారకాడివలె పడ్డావు, నీవెవరవురా మా యింటి దేవుడికి మొక్కను”
— English Translation:
You have fallen like a log, who are you to worship our household god ?Bârakâdi is a long yoke used for training hullocks.Said to a stranger who, under pretence of worshiping the god, came for food.

“Telugu Proverb:
బాపనవాని కొలువూ తెల్ల గుర్రపు కొలువూ కొలువ కూడదు”
— English Translation:
You should not serve a Brahman or a white horse.There is no end to your labor.

“Telugu Proverb:
బలిజె పుట్టుక పుట్టవలె, బతాయి బుడ్డి కొట్టవలె.",”
— ,English Translation:
You must be born a Balije to toss off Batavia arrackBalije is a caste.

“Telugu Proverb:
బలవంతుని సొమ్ముగాని బాపడి సొమ్ము కాదు”
— English Translation:
Property is the strong man’s not the poor Brahman's.Might overcomes right.

“Telugu Proverb:
బలవంత మాఘ స్నానము”
— English Translation:
Forced bathing in Magha.The mornings of the month Mâgha ( January-February) are cold.A disagreeable duty.

“Telugu Proverb:
బర్రె దూడ వద్దా పాత అప్పుల వాడి వద్దా వుండరాదు”
— English Translation:
You should not stay near a young buffalo, or an old creditor. ​

“Telugu Proverb:
బర్రె చస్తే పాడి బయిట పడుతుంది”
— English Translation:
When the buffalo dies, it comes out how much milk she gave.

“Telugu Proverb:
బర్రె కొమ్ము అంటే, యిర్రి కొమ్ము అంటాడు”
— English Translation:
When one says it is a she-buifalo's horn, the other says it is a doe’s.Foolish argumentation.

“Telugu Proverb:
బడే సాయబు జ్యోశ్యులూ తొలి యేకాదశి యెన్నడు”
— English Translation:
Like asking Bare Sahib the astronomer on what day the feast of Toli Yékadas’i would fall.Asking a man something which he cannot possibly answer.

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— English Translation:
When a woman said “O conceited brother-in-law,” he answered “Well, one eyed sister-in-law.”