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“Telugu Proverb:
నిండు కుండ తొణకదు”
— English Translation:
A full pot will not spill. True learning is humble. Empty van-cl: give the greatest sound.Dccp rivers move in silence, shallow brook: are noisy.

“Telugu Proverb:
నా శిరికన్నా అక్కశిరి ఘనము, అక్కశిరికన్నా నా శిరి ఘనము”
— English Translation:
My sister’s fortune is greater than mine, and my fortune is greater than my sister’s.One no better off than the other.' No dlsa In lengun por do vague la cabal-u. ​

“Telugu Proverb:
నా వేలు పుచ్చుకొని నా కన్నే పొడిచినావా”
— English Translation:
Have you poked my eye with my own finger’!To confute a man's reasoning with his own arguments.

“Telugu Proverb:
నాళ్లల్లోకెల్లా చిన్ననాడే మేలు”
— English Translation:
Of all times, childhood is the best, orOf all sects, the little sect is the best.Ndcju signifies a sect, it also means time.When Appéji the ministerwas asked by the king which sect was superior to the others, he cleverly evaded the question, by making a pun on the word.

“Telugu Proverb:
నాలికా నాలికా వీపుకు దెబ్బలు తేక”
— English Translation:
0 Tongue! Tongue! don’t bring strokes on my back.The tongue talk: at the head’: cost. Let not the tongue utter what the head must [mg for. (Bpan'uh. )

“Telugu Proverb:
నా యింటికి నేనే పెద్దను, పిల్లికి పెట్టరా పంగనామము”
— English Translation:
I am the head of my house, I order you to put a Panganamam on the cats face.(For Pangandmam sec N0. 73).)The folly of a mean man in power.

“Telugu Proverb:
నా ముందర బానెడు గంజా”
— English Translation:
What is a big pot of gruel to me '2Said by a glutton. ​

“Telugu Proverb:
నా పాదమే గతి అన్నట్టు”
— English Translation:
My foot is my safety.The disciples of a Guru on commencing to cross a river said "" May theholiness of our master's feet preserve us!"" After they had crossed it in safety the self righteous Guru believing that his presence had preserved them, stepped into the water saying ""My foot is my safety” and was carried away by the stream, and drowned.

“Telugu Proverb:
నా పప్పు కలిశినంతా నేనే తింటాను”
— English Translation:
I will eat as much of the rice as my Dal has been mixed with.( For Dd! see N0. 188-)Said by the greater of two men who, when travelling together, hsd mixed their food, the big men having brought dAl and the other rice.Applied to a. grasping, selfish man.

“Telugu Proverb:
నా పతివ్రతా ధర్మము నా మొదటి పెనిమిటికి తెలుసును”
— English Translation:
My chastity is known to my first husbandSaid by a widow who had passed herself off as a maid, and married again.

“Telugu Proverb:
నానా రుచులు పారి నాలికమీద కొరివి పెట్టుకొన్నట్టే వున్నది”
— English Translation:
All kinds of savours run over my tongue, [and taste] just as if a firebrand was put on it.Said by a man to n wretched cook.

“Telugu Proverb:
నానాటికి తీశిపెట్టు నాగంభొట్లు”
— English Translation:
Pine away day by day, Négambhotlu.Said to a hypocritical Brahman, who was neglected when his tricksbecame known.

“Telugu Proverb:
నాథుడు లేని రాజ్యము నానా దారులు అయినది”
— English Translation:
A kingdom without a ruler becomes disorganized in all ways.' Bangrarle y purgarlo; Ii so murierc, enterrnrle. ​

“Telugu Proverb:
నాటకములు బూటకములు, బోటితనములు నీటులు”
— English Translation:
Plays are unreal, your wit is your beauty.

“Telugu Proverb:
నాజూకు నక్కలు దేకితే, నరిశిన గడ్డము కుక్కలు పీకినవి”
— English Translation:
When the jackals slid on his delicacy, the dogs pulled outhis grey beard. Said of a hoary old humbug.

“Telugu Proverb:
నా చేతి మాత్ర, వైకుంఠ యాత్ర”
— English Translation:
The pill in my hand, [will take you on] a pilgrimage toVaikuntha (Vishnu's heaven). (See No. 41s.)Said jokingly to a quack. Bleed him, and purge him;ifhc dies, bury him. (Splnish-P