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Telugu Proverb:
నా పప్పు కలిశినంతా నేనే తింటాను
English Translation:
I will eat as much of the rice as my Dal has been mixed with.( For Dd! see N0. 188-)Said by the greater of two men who, when travelling together, hsd mixed their food, the big men having brought dAl and the other rice.Applied to a. grasping, selfish man.

Telugu Proverb:
నా పతివ్రతా ధర్మము నా మొదటి పెనిమిటికి తెలుసును
English Translation:
My chastity is known to my first husbandSaid by a widow who had passed herself off as a maid, and married again.

Telugu Proverb:
నానా రుచులు పారి నాలికమీద కొరివి పెట్టుకొన్నట్టే వున్నది
English Translation:
All kinds of savours run over my tongue, [and taste] just as if a firebrand was put on it.Said by a man to n wretched cook.

Telugu Proverb:
నానాటికి తీశిపెట్టు నాగంభొట్లు
English Translation:
Pine away day by day, Négambhotlu.Said to a hypocritical Brahman, who was neglected when his tricksbecame known.

Telugu Proverb:
నాథుడు లేని రాజ్యము నానా దారులు అయినది
English Translation:
A kingdom without a ruler becomes disorganized in all ways.' Bangrarle y purgarlo; Ii so murierc, enterrnrle. ​

Telugu Proverb:
నాటకములు బూటకములు, బోటితనములు నీటులు
English Translation:
Plays are unreal, your wit is your beauty.

Telugu Proverb:
నాజూకు నక్కలు దేకితే, నరిశిన గడ్డము కుక్కలు పీకినవి
English Translation:
When the jackals slid on his delicacy, the dogs pulled outhis grey beard. Said of a hoary old humbug.

Telugu Proverb:
నా చేతి మాత్ర, వైకుంఠ యాత్ర
English Translation:
The pill in my hand, [will take you on] a pilgrimage toVaikuntha (Vishnu's heaven). (See No. 41s.)Said jokingly to a quack. Bleed him, and purge him;ifhc dies, bury him. (Splnish-P

Telugu Proverb:
నా చెయ్యి నొస్తున్నది, నీ చేత్తో మొత్తుకో
English Translation:
My hand is aching,afgsaa, beat bwith your hand upon your mouth.Mourning by proxy.

Telugu Proverb:
నాగవల్లి నిష్ఠురము
English Translation:
Squabbling on the fourth day of the marriage.( For Ndpamlli see No. 1256.)Any disputes with regard to the presents. &c.. are brought forward on the fourth day;until then no one can open his mouth.Forgetting many past benefits on account of one slight fault.

Telugu Proverb:
నాగవల్లి తీరినట్టు
English Translation:
The last day of the marriage over.0r, according to some,The great day of the marriage has come.Nagavalli is the concluding ceremony at a Hindu’s marriage.Dulness after gaity, or festivity at its height.' Del bllver vol Dug om end Hanen ei galer. ​

Telugu Proverb:
నాకోడీ కుంపటీ లేకపోతే, యేలాగు తెల్లవారుతున్నది
English Translation:
If it were not for my cock and chafing-dish, how would the world go round’!(sum. 150.)A story is told of an old woman who fancied that the crowing of her cock woke the whole village, and that all the inhabitants were dependent on her for fire.Daylight will come, though {he cock do not crow. (Dmhh. )'