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“Telugu Proverb:
చెప్పులు తొడుగుకొన్న వానికి లోకమంతా తోలుతో కప్పబడ్డట్టు తోస్తున్నది”
— English Translation:
To a man who Wears sandals the whole earth seems to be covered with leather.A man in comfortable circumstances does not realize the wants of others.

“Telugu Proverb:
చెప్పుడు మాటలకన్నా తప్పుడు మాటలు నయము”
— English Translation:
Lies are better than backbiting.

“Telugu Proverb:
చెప్పుకింది తేలు”
— English Translation:
A scorpion under a shoe.A ruffian under restraint.

“Telugu Proverb:
చెప్పిన బుద్ధీ, కట్టిన చద్దీ నిలవదు.",”
— ,English Translation:
Advice given [ will be forgotten] ; and stale food tied up [in a bundle] will not keep.Advice whispered in the ear is worth a jeer.

“Telugu Proverb:
చెప్పినంత చేశేవాడు శివునికన్నా వేరే యెవరూ లేరు”
— English Translation:
Besides Siva, there is no other who is as good as his Word.

“Telugu Proverb:
చెడ్డ చేనికి యింటి వడ్లు పొంగలా”
— English Translation:
What! Offering the house-rice to a spoilt field ?Pongali is a preparation of rice ofl'ered to the fields after the harvest. In this case the crop had failed and the offering had to be made from the old store. It was therefore a needless ceremony.

“Telugu Proverb:
చెడ్డ చేనికి మూడు మంచెలా”
— English Translation:
Will a field of withered corn require three watcher’s sheds ?To drive off the birds.

“Telugu Proverb:
చెడి స్నేహితుని యింటికి వెళ్లవచ్చునుగాని, చెల్లెలి యింటికి వెళ్లకూడదు”
— English Translation:
When you are mined, you may go to your friend’s house, but not to your sisters.Friends are better in adversity than relations who envied you in prosperity.Friends are the nearest relations.Relationship gives rise to envy. (Latin)

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— English Translation:
It is Abbadu who will be ruined, bring me another handful [of money,] I will give it in alms.Abbadu is a familiar term applied to a lad.Hens are ay free o' horse corn. (Scotch)

“Telugu Proverb:
చెడిపోయిన బ్రాహ్మణుడికి చచ్చిపోయిన ఆవును దానము చేశినట్టు”
— English Translation:
Like offering a dead cow to an outcast Brahman.Knock a man down, and kick him forfalling.Him that falls all the world run over. (German)All bite the bitten dog. (Portuguese)

“Telugu Proverb:
చెట్టు యెక్కేవాణ్ని యెందాకా తొయ్యవచ్చును”
— English Translation:
How far can you push a man up a tree ?How long is a man to be assisted ?

“Telugu Proverb:
చెట్టు యెక్కించి నిచ్చెన తీశినట్టు”
— English Translation:
Making a man mount a tree and then taking away the ladder.Treachery. Breach of faith.

“Telugu Proverb:
చెట్టు ముందా, విత్తు ముందా అన్నట్టు”
— English Translation:
Like asking whether the tree was first or the seed.A problem that cannot be solved.Ask which was born first, the hen or the egg. (Italian)

“Telugu Proverb:
చెట్టు పెట్టిన వాడు నీళ్లు పొయ్యడా”
— English Translation:
Will he who planted the tree not water it ?Will God not support the creatures of his hand?Said by a man who has lost his means of support.God never sends mouths but he sends meat.

“Telugu Proverb:
చెట్టు చెడే కాలానకు కుక్క మూతి పిందెలు పుట్టుతున్నవి”
— English Translation:
When the tree is about to perish, it brings forth blasted fruit.Applied to the first signs of the coming ruin of a bad man.Coming events cast their shadows before them.

“Telugu Proverb:
చెట్టుకొట్టి పయికి తెచ్చుకొన్నట్టు”
— English Translation:
Cutting a tree and letting it fall on one’s self.Bringing trouble on one’s own head.The fool hunts for misfortune. (French.)