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Telugu Proverb:
చేనిలో పుట్టిన బీడు యెక్కడికి పోను
English Translation:
Can the waste land be taken out of the field ?You. must take the fat with the lean.

Telugu Proverb:
చేనిపంట కొయ్యగాలే చెప్పుతుంది
English Translation:
The stubble tells the produce of the field.A slight acquaintance suffices to tell what a man is made of.

Telugu Proverb:
చేదు తింటారా చెట్లు కొడతారా
English Translation:
Are you eating bitter or cutting down trees ?Said of anything easy, or profitable.

Telugu Proverb:
చెవాకు పోయినమ్మకు యెంత వ్యసనమో, దొరికినమ్మకు అంత సంతోషము.",
,English Translation: The lady who found the ear-ornament was as glad as the lady who lost it was sorry.Ill-luck is good for something. (French)

Telugu Proverb:
చెవుడు చెవుడూ అంటే, తవుడు తవుడూ అంటాడు
English Translation:
When they call out “Deaf man! Deaf man!” he answers “[I’ve got] Bran, Bran!”The jingle of the Telugu words is similar to that of the English equivalents.

Telugu Proverb:
చెవిటి వాడికి శంఖము వూదితే, అది కొరకడానకు నీ తండ్రి తాతల తరము కాదన్నాడట
English Translation:
When a horn was sounded in the ears of a deaf man, he said “ to bite that is more than your fathers before you could do.”Applied to a stubborn person.

Telugu Proverb:
చెవిటి పెద్దమ్మా చేంత్రాడు తేవే అంటే, చెవుల పోగులు నా జన్మానా యెరగనన్నదట
English Translation:
When the deaf old lady was asked to bring the well-rope, she replied “I have never seen earrings in all my life.”Applied to a stupid person not doing what he is told.

Telugu Proverb:
చెల్లీ చెల్లడములకు శెట్టిగారు వున్నారు
English Translation:
The Setti is here to test the genuineness.A fool travelling with a Setti [merchant] was plundered. On the robbers’ questioning the genuineness of the coin, the man referred to his rich friend who had up to that time escaped their observation.To injure a friend unwittingly, from stupidity.

Telugu Proverb:
చెరువు మీద అలిగి కాళ్లు కడుక్కోక పోయినట్టు
English Translation:
Getting into a pet with the tank, he would not wash his feet in it.When a man grows angry, his reason rides out.

Telugu Proverb:
చెరుకు తినడానకు కూలి యివ్వ వలెనా
English Translation:
Is hire to be paid for eating sugar-cane ?

Telugu Proverb:
చెరుకు వంకబోతే తీపు చెడునా
English Translation:
Though the sugar-cane is crooked, will it lose its sweetness ?Good blood cannot lie. (French)

Telugu Proverb:
చెరుకు తీపి అని వేళ్లతో నమలవచ్చునా
English Translation:
Because the sugar-cane is sweet are you to chew it with the roots ?Said of a greedy, grasping person.Milk the cow, but don't pull off the udder. (Dutch.)Give him an inch and he’ll take an all.Give a clown your finger and he will take your whole hand.