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“Telugu Proverb:
ఖాజీని ఫాజీగా ఫాజీని ఖాజీగా చేస్తాడు”
— English Translation:
He makes the great, mean; and the mean, great.The power of God.

“Telugu Proverb:
కోవెల పోయి కొమ్మ యెక్కినట్టు”
— English Translation:
When the cuckoo flew it only mounted a branch.

“Telugu Proverb:
కోళ్ల బేరానకు వెళ్లి కోటలో కబుర్లు అడిగినట్టు”
— English Translation:
Going to sell fowls and asking the news in the fort.A meddling rascal.

“Telugu Proverb:
కోళ్లకు రెక్కలూ తాళ్లకు చండ్లూ వున్నట్టు,”
— ,"English Translation:
Like the wings of fowls, and the flower-stalks of palmyra trees.Domestic fowls make no use of their wings, and the flower-stalk (spadix) of the palmyra bears no fruit.Useless possessions.

“Telugu Proverb:
కోలలేని పెట్టు, తాడులేని కట్టు”
— English Translation:
A blow without a rod, a bond without a rope.A sudden and unaccountable calamity.

“Telugu Proverb:
కోమటి విశ్వాసము”
— English Translation:
The faith of a Komati.Faithlessness.

“Telugu Proverb:
కోమటి సాక్ష్యము”
— English Translation:
A Komati’s evidence.A story is told of a Komati who, when asked to identify a horse about which a Musalman and Hindu were quarrelling, said the forepart of it looked like the Musalman's horse and the hind part like the Hindu’s.

“Telugu Proverb:
కోమటి యిల్లు కాలినట్టు”
— English Translation:
Like the burning of a Komati’s house.A heavy loss.

“Telugu Proverb:
కోమటి నిజము”
— English Translation:
A Komati’s truth.

“Telugu Proverb:
కోమటి పిరికి, కొట్టితే వురికి”
— English Translation:
A Komati is a coward; if you hit him, he runs away.(For Komati see No. 712. )

“Telugu Proverb:
కోన కావలి,”
— ,English Translation:
[Placing] a guard over a forest.Attempting impossibilities.

“Telugu Proverb:
కోతీ గురువింద సామ్యము”
— English Translation:
Like the monkey and the Guruvinda.The seed of the Guruvinda (Abrus Precatorius) is a small pretty black and red seed.

“Telugu Proverb:
కోతి పుండు బ్రహ్మరాక్షసి”
— English Translation:
A sore is a she-demon to a monkeyMaking a great fuss about nothing.

“Telugu Proverb:
కోతి పిడికిలి”
— English Translation:
A monkey’s fist.Not letting go any thing in its grasp.Applied to obstinacy.

“Telugu Proverb:
కోతి చేతి పూల దండ”
— English Translation:
A garland of flowers in a monkey’s paw.(800 Nos. 574, 712.)A good thing thrown away on a stupid person.

“Telugu Proverb:
కోతి చేతి పామువలె,”
— ,"English Translation:
Like a snake in a monkey’s paw.Jacko is afraid of it, but won't let it go.