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Telugu Proverb:
కాదు కాదు అంటే నాది నాది అన్నాడట
English Translation:
When one said “ Kadu, Kadu” the other said “Nadi, Nadi.”Kadu in Telugu means "" it is not,"" ""no"" in Tamil it signifies ""the ear."" A Telugu man on one occasion accidentally stuck the barb of his spear into a Tamilian's ear, on which the latter cried out "" Kadu ! Kadu ! (My ear! my ear!). The Telugu man thinking he meant to say "" Not yours, not yours"" pulled at the spear all the harder, saying ""Nadi! Nadi!"" (It's mine! it's mine !Said to a man who is obstinate in argument.

Telugu Proverb:
కాదు అంటే అరవవాడి చెవ్వి
English Translation:
If you say Kadu, it is a Tamilian’s ear.

Telugu Proverb:
కాటిలో పండినవి కాకులు తిన్నవి
English Translation:
The crows ate up the fruit which grew in the forest.Property common to all.14

Telugu Proverb:
కాటికి కాళ్లు చాచుకొని తిండికి చెయ్యి చాచేవాడు
English Translation:
He stretches out his legs towards the cemetery, and stretches out his hand for food.Greedy to the last.

Telugu Proverb:
కాటికి పోయినా కరణాన్ని నమ్మ రాదు
English Translation:
Don’t trust a Karanam even when he is being taken to the cemetery.

Telugu Proverb:
కాగల కార్యములు గంధర్వులే తీరుస్తారు
English Translation:
Predestined events will be accomplished by Gandharvas.In allusion to the death of Kichaka whom Draupadi declared to have been killed by her husbands the Gandharvas. (See Virata Parva of the Mahabharata.) Gandharvas are celestial musicians.The judgments of God are fulfilled by unseen instruments.The feet of the avenging deities are shod with wool. (Latin)

Telugu Proverb:
కాకులను కొట్టి గద్దలకు వేసినట్టు,
,English Translation: To kill crows and throw them to the kites.He robs Peter to pay Paul.

Telugu Proverb:
కాకి ముక్కున దొండపండు కరుచుకొన్నట్టు
English Translation:
Like a Donda fruit in a crow’s beak.Donda is a bright red fruit (Coccinea Indica)A beautiful thing possessed by a person who is unworthy of it.

Telugu Proverb:
కాకులకు కాని నెమ్ములు కాస్తేనేమి పూస్తేనేమి
English Translation:
What is it to the crows if the Nemmi trees, which they don’t like, grow or blossom ?Nemmi chettu is the Dalbergia Oojeinensis.

Telugu Proverb:
కాకి పుట్టీ నలుపే పెరిగీ నలుపే
English Translation:
The crow is black when it is born, and black when it is grown.What’s bred in the bone will never be out of the flesh.The wolf changes his hair but not his nature. (Latin)

Telugu Proverb:
కాకి పిల్ల కాకికి ముద్దు
English Translation:
The crow’s chick is dear to the crow.The crow thinks her own bird the fairest.

Telugu Proverb:
కాకిని తెచ్చి పంజరములో పెట్టితే చిలుకవలె పలుకునా
English Translation:
If you put a crow in a cage will it talk like a parrot?Wash a dog, comb a dog, still a dog is but a dog. (French)