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“Telugu Proverb:
చలిపందిటి కుండలకు తూట్లు పొడిచినట్టు”
— English Translation:
Like making holes in the pots in a water-shed.The water-shed in India corresponds to the drinking-fountain in Europe.A despicable trick.

“Telugu Proverb:
చద్ది తెచ్చుకున్న బ్రాహ్మణుడా భోజనము చెయ్యి”
— English Translation:
O Brahman! if you have brought food, eat it.Said to a selfish man who bores others by talking everlastingly of his own concerns.20

“Telugu Proverb:
చద్దికూడు తిన్నమ్మ మొగుడి ఆకలి యెరగదు”
— English Translation:
The wife who has eaten breakfast [at home] does not think of her husband’s hunger.Little knows the fat sow what the lean one means.The full belly does not believe in hunger. (Italian.)

“Telugu Proverb:
చద్దికంటే వూరగాయ ఘనము”
— English Translation:
The best part of the cold food is the pickle.

“Telugu Proverb:
చదువు మా యింట లేదు, సంధ్య మా వంశాన లేదు”
— English Translation:
There is no learning in my house, nor performance of Sandhya in my family.Said by an uneducated and irreligious Brahman.

“Telugu Proverb:
చదివినవాని కన్నా చాకలవాడు నయము”
— English Translation:
A washerman is better than an educated person.The washerman, though illiterate, invariably distinguishes the clothes belonging to different people by putting certain marks on them, but many of the educated cannot discern between good and evil.

“Telugu Proverb:
చదివేది రామాయణము, పడగొట్టేవి దేవస్థలాలు”
— English Translation:
He reads the Ramayana, and knocks down temples.Much religion, but no goodness.

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— English Translation:
When asked whether he could read and write, he said, “I can’t read or write, but I can tear.”

“Telugu Proverb:
చదవ వేస్తే, వున్న మతి పోయినది”
— English Translation:
When set to read, the [little] sense he had left him.Making bad worse.John has been to school to learn to be afaol. (French.)

“Telugu Proverb:
చచ్చేవానికి సముద్రము మోకాలి బంటి”
— English Translation:
The sea to a desperate man is as [shallow water only up to] his knees.Men in despair fear nothing.Despair gives courage to a coward.

“Telugu Proverb:
చచ్చేదాకా బ్రతికి వుంటే పెండ్లి చేస్తానన్నట్టు”
— English Translation:
If you live until I die, I’ll get you married.A jocular saying.

“Telugu Proverb:
చచ్చినవాని పెండ్లికి వచ్చినంత కట్నము”
— English Translation:
Any quantity of presents must suflice at a dead man’s marriage.When a marriage takes place, presents of cloths are sent to the bride and bridegroom by their relations. Return gifts of about equal value are made shortly after the marriage. Should the bridegroom, however, die during theceremonies, no presents are returned, and no complaints are therefore made regarding the value of those received.

“Telugu Proverb:
చచ్చినవాని కండ్లు చేరెడు”
— English Translation:
A dead man's eyes are very broad.Lavishing praises on the dead which were not bestowed on the living.

“Telugu Proverb:
చచ్చిన చారమేకపాలు పోయిన బోశిముంతెడు”
— English Translation:
The milk given by the streaked goat which is dead filled the lost pot with a piece out.

“Telugu Proverb:
చక్కెర పూత పూశిన విషము”
— English Translation:
Poison covered with sugar.A flattering speech is honied poison. (Latin)Sugared words generally prove bitter(Spanish)

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— English Translation:
When [the guest] was asked whether he would take biscuits, or cold breakfast, he replied that he would take both, and hot breakfast too with the good man of the house.Applied to an ill mannered glutton.The first cut, and all the loaf besides.