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— English Translation:
He said “ in this ruined village there is no one to praise me, so I praise myself.”Your trumpeter’s dead, and so you trumpet yourself.

“Telugu Proverb:
పాడు వూరికి మంచపు కోడు పోతరాజు”
— English Translation:
In a ruined village, the leg of a bed is Pota Razu.Pôta Râzu is a rustic deity.

“Telugu Proverb:
పాడు వూరికి నక్క తలారి”
— English Translation:
A jackal is the watchman of a ruined village.( See Nos. 830, 1413.)Applied to a person who gets on well with his work when there is no one to question him.

“Telugu Proverb:
పాడిందే పాడరా పాచిపండ్ల దాసరి”
— English Translation:
Sing again what you have sung, O Dâsari with dirty teeth.Said to an ignorant imposter.Give the piper a penny, and two pence to leave off.

“Telugu Proverb:
పాటు కలిగితే కూటికి కొదవా”
— English Translation:
If you get work, will food be wanting?

“Telugu Proverb:
పాటు పడితే భాగ్యము కలుగును”
— English Translation:
If you are industrious, you will become rich.

“Telugu Proverb:
పాటిమీది గంగానమ్మకు కూటిమీదనే లోకము”
— English Translation:
The goddess Gangânamma who presides over the burial ground, thinks of nothing but eating [the corpses].Entirely given to the selfish pursuit of one object.

“Telugu Proverb:
పాకలపాటి వారి రణకొమ్ము”
— English Translation:
The war horn of the Pâkalapâti family.Said of a loquacious person.

“Telugu Proverb:
పాగావంటి బంధువుడూ లేడు, అంగరకావంటి హరాంఖోరూ లేడు”
— English Translation:
There is no relation like your turband, there is no scamp equal to your jacket.A turband can be tied so as to hide all holes, which is not the case with the jacket; the turband is therefore likened to a trustworthy friend, and the jacket to an unfaithful fellow.

“Telugu Proverb:
పాండవుల వారి సంపాద్యము దుర్యోధనుల వారి పిండా కూళ్లకు సరి”
— English Translation:
The wealth gained by the Pândavas was only suffiicient for the funerals of the Duryôdhanas ( Kauravas ).Ill use of well gotten gains.

“Telugu Proverb:
పక్షి మీద గురి పెట్టి మృగమును వేశినట్టు”
— English Translation:
He aimed at the bird and shot the deer.He fired at the pigeon and he killed the crow.

“Telugu Proverb:
పసుపూ బొట్టూ పెట్టి పెండ్లికి పిలిస్తే వెళ్లక పెంకు పట్టుకొని పులుసుకు వెళ్లినట్టు”
— English Translation:
When turmeric was rubbed on her feet and a mark put on her forehead and she was invited to the marriage feast she would not go, but afterwards she went with a broken pot to beg for broth.Suffering by pride.

“Telugu Proverb:
పల్లము వుండే చోట నీళ్లు నిలుస్తవి”
— English Translation:
Water lies in the low ground.Truth will out at last.

“Telugu Proverb:
పసుపు కొమ్ము యివ్వని కోమటి పసారమంతా కొల్ల యిచ్చినాడు”
— English Translation:
As impossible as that a Kômati who would not give away a bit of turmeric should allow his whole store to be plundered.

“Telugu Proverb:
పలకని వాండ్లతో పది వూళ్లవాండ్లూ గెలవ లేరు”
— English Translation:
The people of ten villages cannot overcome men who won’t open their mouths.

“Telugu Proverb:
పరువిచ్చి పరువు తెచ్చుకో”
— English Translation:
Give honor, get honor.