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“Telugu Proverb:
నక్క రేలకాయ సామ్యము”
— English Translation:
Like the effect of the Cassia fruit on a jackal.Rfila is the Cassia (Cathartocarpus) Fistula.

“Telugu Proverb:
నక్క యెక్కడ, దేవలోకమెక్కడ.",”
— ,English Translation:
Where is the j ackal '! where is heaven’!What prospect has the jackal of entering heaven 5’A hopeless idea.

“Telugu Proverb:
నక్క పోయిన వెనక బొక్క కొట్టుకొన్నట్టు”
— English Translation:
After the jackal had departed, the hole lamented and wept.Great sorrow in a household.

“Telugu Proverb:
నక్కను చూచిన వాడెల్లా వేటకాడే”
— English Translation:
Every one who sees a jackal hunts it.

“Telugu Proverb:
నక్క జిత్తులన్నీ నావద్ద వుండగా నన్ను మోసము చేశెనే తాబేటి బుర్ర”
— English Translation:
Although I was as cunning as a fox, I was deceived by a tortoise.A man sat on the back of a tortoise not knowing what it was, and sank with it.

“Telugu Proverb:
నక్క గూసి పిల్లలకు దోవ తెచ్చును”
— English Translation:
The jackal howls and brings evil upon its whelps.

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— English Translation:
“ O Nambi! Namhi ! what assistance will you render at mymarriage 'l” said one. “I will help you by my absence,” replied the priest. Meeting a Nambi is an ill omen.( See No. 1217. )Negative advantages.

“Telugu Proverb:
నంబీ, తంబళీ, నాగుబామూ, చెవుల పిల్లీ, యెదురైతే చేటువస్తుంది”
— English Translation:
If you meet a Nambi, a Tambali, a cobra da capello, or ahare, it will be worse for you. (For Non“ see No. 275 and for Toasbali see No. 178- )

“Telugu Proverb:
నంబి పెట్టినదే ప్రసాదము”
— English Translation:
What the priest gives is sacred.

“Telugu Proverb:
నంది అంటే నంది, పంది అంటే పంది”
— English Translation:
If he says it’s ISiva's bull, it is Shiva’s bull; if he says it’s apig, it is a pig. (Bee 210.1082.)Said of the power of a great and unjust man.

“Telugu Proverb:
నంగీ నమలక మింగవే అంటే, వుడికిన చేపలు కరుస్తవి అన్నదట.“Swallow without chewing, Nangi.”-—“ The boiled fish are",”
— ,"English Translation:
biting me” she replied. (See Nos. 150, 663,182.‘),2034.)Nangi is a name given to a woman who is never at a loss for an excusehowever paltry.

“Telugu Proverb:
న.నంగి వంగలు మేస్తే నారికేళాలు దూడమేశినది అన్నాడట.“When the Nangi ate up the brinjals, the calf ate up the",”
— ,"English Translation:
cocoanuts” said be A certain S'udra named Venn before going on a pilgrimage delivered over charge of his brinjal garden to a Komati called Kustumbha. When he returned and applied for his garden his friend told him that the Nangi had eaten up all the brinjals. Vénu knew that no such animal existed, but remained quiet and waited his opportunity to pay oil’ the Kornati. Shortly afterwards Knstumbha required a man to watch his cocoannt garden and engaged Venn for this work. The éddra sold all the cocoa nuts and appropriated the proceeds. On being questioned by the Kornati, Vépu told him that the calf had eaten all the cocoanuts. "" How is that P” asked Kustumbha,“ How could it reach them 9""“ Oh"" replied Venn“ When the Nangi ate the brinjals could not the calf eat the cocoanutsl'” The Komati, knowing his own dishonesty, could give no answer.

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— English Translation:
Useless reading, like the blazing of millet stalks.

“Telugu Proverb:
ధైర్యములేని రాజు, యోచనలేని మంత్రి”
— English Translation:
A king without courage, a minister without judgment.

“Telugu Proverb:
ధీరుడయినా కావలె, దీనుడయినా కావలె",”
— ,English Translation:
You must get a hero or a beggar [ for a husband].

“Telugu Proverb:
ధాష్టీకానికి ధర్మము లేదు, గుడ్డి కంటికి చూపు లేదు”
— English Translation:
There is no justice in oppression, and no sight in ablind eye.