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Telugu Proverb:
కూనలమ్మ సంగీతము వింటే పుణ్యము లేదు, వినకుంటే పాపము లేదు
English Translation:
If you listen to the song [in praise] of Kunalamma, there is no merit; and if you don’t listen to it, there is no sin.Kunalamma is the goddess said to preside over children.

Telugu Proverb:
కూతురికి మంగళవారం శుక్రవారం, కోడలికి దియ్యలు దియ్యలు
English Translation:
[I only anoint] my daughter on Tuesdays and Fridays, but [I anoint] my daughter-in-law every Diyyalu.A catch. Diyyalu or Dipavali is a feast held on the 14th day of the dark fortnight in the month Asvayuja (October-November) on which occasion anointing the body with oil is indispensable. The ""every Dipavali” of the mother-in—law therefore only amounted to once a year, but she took better care of her own daughter.

Telugu Proverb:
కూన అని పెంచితే, గండు అయి కరవ వచ్చినది
English Translation:
He petted it as a kitten, but when it grew into a big cat it tried to bite him.Evil men will injure their protectors.Foster a raven and it will peck out your eyes. (Spanish)

Telugu Proverb:
కూతురని కుంచెడిస్తే, తల్లియని కంచెడు బెట్టినదట
English Translation:
When the mother gave her daughter a kuncham of grain, the daughter set before her mother a dishful of food.Kindness returned.One never loscth by doing good turns.Kindness produces kindness. (Latin.)

Telugu Proverb:
కూత లార్భాటాలేగాని కుప్పలో గింజ లేదు
English Translation:
Great cries, but not a grain in the heap.A great noise of threshing, but no grain to thresh.""Great cry and little wool” as the fellow said when he sheared the pig.

Telugu Proverb:
కూతుండ్ల కన్నమ్మకు కురిచీపీటలు, కొడుకుల కన్నమ్మకు గోడ పంచలు
English Translation:
The lady who has daughters is given a chair, but the lady who has sons has to lean against the wall.

Telugu Proverb:
కూడైతే కద్దుగాని కులస్థులకు వెరచి వచ్చినాను
English Translation:
As for food I have it, but I came here from fear of the caste people.Said by an idle beggar, as an excuse for asking alms.

Telugu Proverb:
కూత కరణము
English Translation:
A karanam to talk.(Sec NM. 1811, 2042. -For Karanam see No. 154. }A great talker but not good at his work.

Telugu Proverb:
కూడూ గుడ్డా అడగకపోతే, బిడ్డను సాకినట్టు సాకుతాను అన్నాడట.",
,English Translation: If you don't ask me for food and raiment I will care for you as my own child.Good words and no deeds are rushes and reeds.Fair words butter no parsnips.

Telugu Proverb:
కూటికి పేదయితే, కులానికి పేదా
English Translation:
Though a man be poor, will he lose caste?

Telugu Proverb:
కూచమ్మ కూడ బెట్టితే, మాచమ్మ మాయము చేశినది.",
,English Translation: Machamma made away with what Kuchamma gathered.

Telugu Proverb:
కులహీనమయినా, వరహీనము కారాదు
English Translation:
Though [a husband] be low in rank, he should not be younger than his wife. (Or, she should not be without one?)