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“Telugu Proverb:
పోలీ పోలీ నీ భోగము యెన్నాళ్లే అంటే, మా అత్త మాలవాడ నుంచి వచ్చే వరకూ అన్నట్టు”
— English Translation:
One said to a wife “ O Poli, Poli, how long will you enjoy yourself?” “ Till my mother-in-law comes back from the Pariah quarter” she replied.When the cat’s away the mice play.

“Telugu Proverb:
పోలిగాడి చెయ్యి బొక్కలో పడ్డది”
— English Translation:
Poligâdu’s hand fell on the hole.Where the money was kept.A lucky chance.

“Telugu Proverb:
పోరు నష్టి, పొత్తు లాభము”
— English Translation:
Strife is loss, friendship is gain.Where there are friends there is wealth. (Latin)

“Telugu Proverb:
పోరిన పొరుగూ రాచిన కుండలూ మనవు”
— English Translation:
[In] a quarrelsome neighbourhood there is no thriving, pots rubbing together will not last.

“Telugu Proverb:
పోరాని చోట్లకు పోతే, రారాని నిందలు రాక మానవు”
— English Translation:
If you go where you ought not, you will not escape scandal.

“Telugu Proverb:
పోరాని చుట్టము వచ్చినాడు, తమలపాకులు బొడ్డు వంచి కోయుమన్నట్టు”
— English Translation:
“A near relation has come,"" said he “stoop and pluck the betel leaves.”The owner of the garden unwillingly complied with his relation’s demand to be supplied with betel leaf gratis, and instructed his gardener with the ambiguous phrase “ stoop and pinch,"" which the relation understood to mean that the order was to be obeyed with alacrity, the object really being that the worst leaves, which are always nearest the ground, should be given. The word translated "" near"" signifies literally "" one who goes not.""Applied to that which is done because politeness requires it, but unwillingly. ​

“Telugu Proverb:
పోయినది వర, వుండేది కత్తి”
— English Translation:
That which is gone is the Scabbard, that which remains is the sword."" He who is dead is nothing to his successor."" ( Brown.)

“Telugu Proverb:
పోయిన కంటికి మందు వేస్తే, వున్న కన్నూ వూడ్చుకొని పోయినది”
— English Translation:
When he applied medicine to his bad eye, the sight of the other eye was lost.

“Telugu Proverb:
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 Proverb:
పోడుబాము సామిత”
— English Translation:
Like the Boa Constrictor.Applied to indolent persons; or to those who, from religious motives, separate themselves from the world and strive to quench all natural emotions.

“Telugu Proverb:
పోకలకుండ చట్రాతి మీద పగలకొట్టినట్టు”
— English Translation:
Like breaking a pot full of areca nuts on a stone slab.A noisy brawl. ​

“Telugu Proverb:
పొల్లు దంచి బియ్యము చేశినట్టు”
— English Translation:
Like trying to get rice by pounding empty husk.

“Telugu Proverb:
పొరుగు పచ్చగా వుంటే, పొయిలో నీళ్లు పోసుకొన్నట్టు.",”
— ,English Translation:
When his neighbour prospered he poured Water on his own hearth.An envious act.To lose one eye that you may deprive another of two. (Spanish)

“Telugu Proverb:
పొరిగింటి కలహము విన వేడుక”
— English Translation:
Quarrelling in one’s neighbour’s house is pleasant to listen to.

“Telugu Proverb:
పొరిగింట చూడరా నా పెద్ద చెయ్యి”
— English Translation:
Look in my neighbour’s house, and see how openhanded I am !When I distribute his alms.It is easy to be generous out of another man's purse. (Danish)Broad thongs are cut from other men's leather. (Latin)

“Telugu Proverb:
పొయ్యి వూదుమంటే, కుండ బద్దలు కొట్టినాడు”
— English Translation:
When asked to blow the fire, he broke the pot which was on it.To do much harm when asked to do a little favor.