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Telugu Proverb:
గడ్డపలుగులు గాలికి కొట్టుకొనిపోతూ వుంటే, పుల్లాకు నా పని యేమి అన్నదట
English Translation:
When the crowbars were blown about by the wind, the leaf platter said “What is to become of me?”Pullaku is a cast away leaf-dish which has been once used.A mean person thinking of his own loss when his superiors are suffering.

Telugu Proverb:
గడ్డ తిన్నా కంపే, పాయ తిన్నా కంపే
English Translation:
If you eat the root [of garlick] there is a smell, if you eat a clove of it there is a smellWhether you do a little evil or much, it is alike bad. ​

Telugu Proverb:
గడ్డం వపనముచ్యతే
English Translation:
My beard will be fit for shaving.Said by a goat to a lion which he threatened to devour to fulfil a vow.

Telugu Proverb:
గట్టు చేరిన వెనుక పుట్టివానితో పోట్లాడినట్టు
English Translation:
Like fighting with the ferry-man after getting over the river.The river past, the saint forgotten. (Spanish)The peril past, the saint mocked. (Italian)

Telugu Proverb:
గట్టి విడిచి పెట్టి పొట్టుకు పోరాడినట్టు
English Translation:
Like leaving the grain, and fighting for the husk.

Telugu Proverb:
గజ కచ్ఛప పోరు చందము
English Translation:
Like a fight between an elephant and a tortoise.

Telugu Proverb:
గట్టివాడే గాని, కడుపు మాత్రము గుల్ల
English Translation:
He is a clever man no doubt, but his belly is hollow.An ironical phrase.The word rendered clever also means “solid.” The expression his belly is hollow is equivalent to “empty-headed.""

Telugu Proverb:
గచ్చ పొద మీద యిసుక వేసి కయ్యానికి పిలుస్తున్నది
English Translation:
Throwing sand on a thorn bush and asking it to fight.Done by a Xantippe who could get no one to quarrel with.

Telugu Proverb:
గంప శిడి కాదు, గాలపు శిడి
English Translation:
It is not the basket, but the hook.Galapu Sidi is the hook used in the swinging festival (Charak Puja) and Gampa Sidi is a basket sometimes used instead of the hook.Applied to a very difficult task.

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

Telugu Proverb:
గంతకు తగిన బొంత
English Translation:
Like packsaddle, like quilt.Like pot, like cover. (Dutch.)

Telugu Proverb:
గంధపొడిలో బూరగ పట్టినట్టు
English Translation:
Like blowing a horn into perfumed powder.Gandhapodi is thrown over one another by the relations of the bride and bridegroom at Hindu marriages.