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Telugu Proverb:
చెడేవాడు అబ్బడున్నాడు, మరీ పిడికెడు తేరా దానము చేస్తాను అన్నాడట
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.)

Telugu Proverb:
చెట్టు అయి వంగనిది మాను అయి వంగునా
English Translation:
If a tree won’t bend when it is young, will it bend when it is full grown ?If a man is not humble in his youth, will he grow meek in his old age ?Bend the tree while it is young. (Italian.)The old branch breaks bent. (Dutch.)""Bow down his neck while he is young.” Ecclesiasticus xxx. 12.

Telugu Proverb:
చూడ వచ్చిన వారికి శుక్రవారమేమి
English Translation:
What is Friday to visitors ?If a married woman goes away from a house on Friday, the Hindus any that the goddess of fortune quits the house with her. The above is an excuse made by a casual visitor, who wished to get away.Lame excuses.

Telugu Proverb:
చెంబూ కంచమూ పోతే, ముఖము మీద కొట్టినట్టు ముంతా మూకుడూ తెచ్చుకో లేనా
English Translation:
If I lose my brass pot and bell metal dish, can I not beat you by getting others made of earth ?A determined man will not be discouraged by difliculties.

Telugu Proverb:
చూడబోతే చుట్టాలు, రమ్మంటే కోపాలు
English Translation:
If you visit them they are relatives, if you invite them to visit you they are angry.21