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Telugu Proverb:
ఏ పుట్టలో యే పాము వున్నదో తెలియదు
English Translation:
What snake it is, and what hole it lives in, we don’t know.Said of persons whose abilities are not yet known.

Telugu Proverb:
ఏమీ తోచకపోతే, యెక్కిరించినాడట
English Translation:
Not knowing what to do, he began to mimic others.

Telugu Proverb:
ఏమి అప్పాజీ అంటే, కాలం కొద్దీ రాయజీ అన్నాడట
English Translation:
“What, O Appaji! [is to be done?” said the king] “As occasion requires, O king!” replied [the minister].

Telugu Proverb:
ఏమి పోలిశెట్టీ అంటే, యెప్పటి మొత్తుకోళ్లే అన్నాడట
English Translation:
When Polisetti was asked how he was getting on, he replied “I am in trouble as usual.”

Telugu Proverb:
ఏ పాటు తప్పినా సాపాటు తప్పదు
English Translation:
Whatever work is neglected, eating is not forgotten.11

Telugu Proverb:
ఏనుగలు తినేవాడికి పీనుగలు పిండివంట వత్తు
English Translation:
To the man that eats elephants, corpses are as pastry.A thoroughly bad man won’t stick at trifies.

Telugu Proverb:
ఏనుగమీద పొయ్యేవాణ్ని సున్నము అడిగినట్టు
English Translation:
Like asking a man on an elephant for some chunam.His hand cannot be reached.

Telugu Proverb:
ఏనుగ మింగిన వెలగ పండు వత్తు
English Translation:
Like a wood-apple swallowed by the elephant.It is swallowed whole, and is said to be found afterwards empty though unbroken.Said of a person in an influential position who does not benefit others.

Telugu Proverb:
ఏనుగనెక్కినవాడు కుక్క కూతకు జడియడు
English Translation:
The man who has mounted an elephant will not be afraid at the bark of a dog.He who is in favor with the great will not fear the enmity of the mean.

Telugu Proverb:
ఏనుగ పడుకొన్నా గుర్రమంత యెత్తు
English Translation:
Even when the elephant lies down he is as high as the horse.A man much superior to another.

Telugu Proverb:
ఏనుగను తెచ్చి యేకుల బుట్టలో వుంచి అది తననెత్తిన పెట్టి తన్ను యెత్తుకో అంటాడు
English Translation:
He tells me to put the elephant into the cotton basket, to place the basket on his head, and to lift him up.Ekulabutta is a very small hand basket.Being asked to do an utter impossibility.

Telugu Proverb:
ఏనుగను చూచి కుక్కలు మొరిగినట్టు
English Translation:
Like dogs barking at an elephant.