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“Telugu Proverb:
తన తలుపు తీశి పొరుగింటికి పెట్టి రాత్రి అంతా కుక్కలు తోలుతూ కూర్చున్నట్టు”
— English Translation:
Having taken his own door and put it on his neighbour's house, he spent the whole night in driving away the dogs.Over generous.Charity begins at home.

“Telugu Proverb:
తన తల్లి చావుకన్నా పిన తల్లి చావు మేలు”
— English Translation:
The death of an aunt is better than the death of a mother.

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— English Translation:
To save her own hand from being burnt, she stirred up the food with the hand of her fellow wife’s child.Cat’s paw.To draw the snake out of the hole with another’s hand. (Spanish)23

“Telugu Proverb:
తన కొంగున వున్న రూకా తన కడుపున పుట్టిన బిడ్డా పనికి వస్తవి”
— English Translation:
The money tied up in your skirt and the child you have begotten will be of use to you.

“Telugu Proverb:
తనకు మాలిన ధర్మము, మొదలు చెడ్డ బేరము.",”
— ,English Translation:
To give that in charity which a man himself needs to receive from others is like trading after the loss of one’s principal.

“Telugu Proverb:
తనకు చెప్ప తడికెలచాటు వొకరికి చెప్ప వొప్పుల కుప్ప”
— English Translation:
When [the priest] applies [the law] to himself he screens himself [from its penalty]; but in laying down [the law] for others he is a beauty.Justice, but not in my own house. (Spanish)No one likea justice brought home to his own door. (Italian)

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— English Translation:
[He called] the woman whom he could not get [as a wife] a harlot.Sour grapes as the fox said when he could not reach them.What you can't have, abuse. (Italian.)

“Telugu Proverb:
తనకు కాని రాజ్యము పండితేనేమి పదట కలిస్తేనేమి”
— English Translation:
What does it matter whether the kingdom he has not possession of prospers or decays ?

“Telugu Proverb:
తనకు అని తవ్వెడు తవుడు వుంటే, ఆకటి వేళకు ఆరగించవచ్చును”
— English Translation:
If you have even a Tavva (1 lb. ) of bran of your own, you can eat it when you are hungry.Store is no sore.

“Telugu Proverb:
తన కాళ్లకు బందాలు తానే తెచ్చుకొన్నట్టు”
— English Translation:
He brought fetters for his own legs.He brings a staff to brak his ain head. (Scotch)

“Telugu Proverb:
తనకంపు తనకింపు, పరులకంపు తనకు వోకిలింపు”
— English Translation:
The smell of a man is pleasant to himself, but the smell of others is disgusting.People do not find fault with their own actions.

“Telugu Proverb:
తన కలిమి యింద్రభోగము, తనలేమి లోకదారిద్ర్యము”
— English Translation:
A man’s having is the wealth of Indra, his not having is the poverty of the world.In prosperity a man thinks himself the wealthiest of all, and in advercity the poorest.

“Telugu Proverb:
తద్దినము కొని తెచ్చుకొన్నట్టు”
— English Translation:
Buying a Taddinam.Bringing difficulties upon one’s own head.

“Telugu Proverb:
తణుకుకు పోయి మాచవరం వెళ్లినట్టు”
— English Translation:
Like going to Macavaram round about by Tanuku.To do things in a roundabout way.

“Telugu Proverb:
తడిశి ముప్పందుం మోశినట్టు”
— English Translation:
Like carrying 30 Tums (750 lbs.) when you’re wet.

“Telugu Proverb:
తడిశిన కుక్కి బిగిశినట్టు”
— English Translation:
When the cot was wet, it became tight.The cots used by the poorest classes are plaited with the fibres of the Cannabis Szitiva which shrink when wet.A bad man is puffed up when flattered.