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Telugu Proverb:
ఎందుకు యేడుస్తావురా పిల్లవాడా అంటే, యెల్లుండి మావాండ్లు కొట్టుతారన్నాడట.",
,English Translation: A lad when asked “Why are you crying my boy?” answered “They say my people are going to beat me the day after tomorrow.”Anticipating evils.You cry out before you are hurt.

Telugu Proverb:
ఎంతమంచి పంది అయినా, అమేధ్యము తినక మానదు
English Translation:
However good the pig may be, it will never cease to eat filth.A hay in armour is still but a hog.

Telugu Proverb:
ఎంతమంచి గొల్లకయినా, నిమ్మకాయంత వెర్రి లేకపోదు
English Translation:
However good a man a shepherd may be, he will not be entirely free from foolishness.

Telugu Proverb:
ఎంతప్రొద్దు వుండగా లేచినా, తుమ్మగుంట వద్దనే తెల్లవారినది
English Translation:
However early he rose the day always dawned while he was at the Tumma tank.Tumma is the Acacia Arabica. Tanks are often named from the trees planted around them. The earlier the man got up the more he dilly-dallied on the strength of it, so the sun always found him at the tank, in the way to his work.Early up, and never the nearer.

Telugu Proverb:
ఎంతదయో నరకడికి చేంత్రాడు వెతుకుతున్నాడు
English Translation:
How kind the soamp is, searching for the well-rope!Said scoffingly by the wife whose husband was looking for the well rope, not to draw water for her, but to chastise her with.

Telugu Proverb:
ఎండబడితే వుండబడుతుంది, వుండబడితే వండబడుతుంది, వండబడితే తిండబడుతుంది, తిండబడితే పండబడుతుంది
English Translation:
If the sun gets hot, he will have to stay; if he stays, dinner will have to be cooked for him; if it is cooked, it will have to be eaten ; and if he eats it, he will have to lie down.The muttered grumblings of a stingy host.

Telugu Proverb:
ఎంచివేస్తే ఆరి తరుగునా
English Translation:
Will the number decrease by drying?A reply given to a cheat who thus attempted to account for a defficiency in the quantity of vegetables.

Telugu: ఎంగిలిచేత్తో కాకికయినా మెతుకు విదపడు
English Translation: He will not even throw his leavings to the crows.Said of a great miser.

Telugu: ఎంచబోతే మంచమెల్లా కంతలే
English Translation: If you begin to count, you will find the whole cot full of holes.Referring to a bed made of plaited rope.When a man wishes to find fault, he loses no opportunities.When love fails we copy all faults.

Telugu: ఋషిమూలము, నదీమూలము, స్త్రీమూలము విచారించకూడదు
English Translation: Enquire not into the origin of a Rishi, a river, or a woman.Rishi is a saint. (See Wilson‘s Sans. Diet. )

Telugu: ఊళ్లు యేలే కొమారుడికన్నా వుపాదానమెత్తే పెనిమిటి నయము
English Translation: A husband that begs is better than a son that rules over villages.The one clings to his wife, the other despises his mother.

Telugu: ఋణశేషము, వ్రణశేషము, అగ్నిశేషము, వుంచకూడదు
English Translation: Remains of a debt, of a sore, or of a fire should not be left.