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“Telugu Proverb:
నా చెయ్యి నొస్తున్నది, నీ చేత్తో మొత్తుకో”
— English Translation:
My hand is aching,afgsaa, beat bwith your hand upon your mouth.Mourning by proxy.

“Telugu Proverb:
నాగవల్లి నిష్ఠురము”
— English Translation:
Squabbling on the fourth day of the marriage.( For Ndpamlli see No. 1256.)Any disputes with regard to the presents. &c.. are brought forward on the fourth day;until then no one can open his mouth.Forgetting many past benefits on account of one slight fault.

“Telugu Proverb:
నాగవల్లి తీరినట్టు”
— English Translation:
The last day of the marriage over.0r, according to some,The great day of the marriage has come.Nagavalli is the concluding ceremony at a Hindu’s marriage.Dulness after gaity, or festivity at its height.' Del bllver vol Dug om end Hanen ei galer. ​

“Telugu Proverb:
నాకోడీ కుంపటీ లేకపోతే, యేలాగు తెల్లవారుతున్నది”
— English Translation:
If it were not for my cock and chafing-dish, how would the world go round’!(sum. 150.)A story is told of an old woman who fancied that the crowing of her cock woke the whole village, and that all the inhabitants were dependent on her for fire.Daylight will come, though {he cock do not crow. (Dmhh. )'

“Telugu Proverb:
నాకూ నా పిల్లలకూ నూరేండ్లు ఆయుస్సు, నా పెనిమిటికి లోకము తోటిపాటు”
— English Translation:
As for me and my children, let our age be a hundred years ; as for my husband, let him take his chance in the world.The prayer of a. wife who did not love her lord.

“Telugu Proverb:
నాకూ శిగ్గులేదు, రేపు వచ్చే అమావాస్యకూ శిగ్గులేదు”
— English Translation:
I am not ashamed, the Amavasya which is coming to-morrow is not ashamed.

“Telugu Proverb:
నాకు ఆయుష్యమస్తు, నాకు ఆరోగ్యమస్తు”
— English Translation:
Let me have long life! let me have health!A selfish man blessing himself.Priests bless themselves first. (Gel-1mm)‘' PNIen segnen slch want. ​1252. నాకు పరీక్షా, నా రాగి చెంబుకు పరీక్షా.Am I to be examined, or is my copper pot ?Said by an ignorant Vaidika who with great pretentions lo learning knew nothing, and wished his pot to be examined instead of himself.

“Telugu Proverb:
నాం బడా, దర్శన్ థోడా”
— English Translation:
Great in name, but little to look at.The words of this proverb are Hindustani.

“Telugu Proverb:
నవ్వే ఆడదాన్నీ యేడ్చే మొగవాణ్ణీ నమ్మరాదు”
— English Translation:
A laughing woman and a crying man should not be trusted.

“Telugu Proverb:
నవ్వు నాలుగందాల నష్టకారి”
— English Translation:
Silly laughter produces much harm.Laughter is the hiccup of a fool.

“Telugu Proverb:
నవ్వుతూ తిట్టితివో నరకాన పడితివో”
— English Translation:
Laughing, you reviled, and you have fallen into hell!

“Telugu Proverb:
నవ్విన నాపచేనే పండుతున్నది”
— English Translation:
The field of young millet which is laughed at will be fruitful.Hindu cultivators assemble round a field which is in want of rain and laugh at it, taunting it with its unfruitfulness. By this means they believe that rain is brought down.

“Telugu Proverb:
నవిలేవానికన్నా మింగేవాడు ఘనుడు”
— English Translation:
He who swallows is better off than he who chews.He gets along at a greater pace. (iceNo. 1585-)Said of an energetic man. ​1245. నవ్వ చెప్పేవాడు చెడ జెప్పును, యేడవ చెప్పేవాడు బ్రతక చెప్పును.He who speaks to make you laugh, speaks to your ruin ; he who speaks to make you weep, speaks to your profit.A friend's frown is better than a fool’: smile.

“Telugu Proverb:
నవాబు సాతుల్లా ఖాన్ అవ్య నాటిది”
— English Translation:
Of the days of Nawab Sa’adat-ullah K_han’s grandmother.A: old as the hills.

“Telugu Proverb:
నవాయతీ పొట్టా తమలపాకులు కట్టా తడువుతూ వుండవలెను”
— English Translation:
You must keep a Nawayati lad and a bundle of betel leaveswet. Nawfiyatr' is a sect of Muhammadans ( See the "" Qanoon-e-Islam” page 12 et seq. ).—Weter is thrown on betel leaves by thebazar-men to keepthem fresh and to prevent their being blown away.

“Telugu Proverb:
నల్లేరు మీద బండి పారినట్టు”
— English Translation:
Like a cart running over Nalléru.Nalleru is the Vitis ( Cissus ) Quadrangularis.