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Telugu Proverb:
ఉంగరాల చేతిలో మొట్టితే, నొప్పి వుండదు
English Translation:
A rap with ringed fingers will cause no pain.A man who wears rings is generally well oil‘, and therefore pays hand some damages for injuries inflicted.

Telugu Proverb:
ఈ వూళ్లో పెద్దలు యెవరంటే తాళ్లు, దాతలు యెవరంటే చాకళ్లు
English Translation:
When asked who were the great (men) in the village, he said “ The Pa1myras;” when asked who were the givers (of presents), he replied “The washermen.”A joke. The Palmyras (see No. 290) are the tallest trees, and the washermen give people back their clothes.

Telugu Proverb:
ఈ వూరికి ఆ వూరెంతో, ఆ వూరికి యీ వూరంతే.",
,English Translation: The distance between that village and this village is the same as that between this village and that village.Six of one and half a dozen of the other.

Telugu Proverb:
ఈదబోతే తాగ నీళ్లు లేవు
English Translation:
When he went to swim, there was not enough water to drink.Disappointed hopes.

Telugu Proverb:
ఈనగాచి నక్కలపాలు చేశెను
English Translation:
He watched [the field] until the harvest, and then let it go to the jaokals.

Telugu Proverb:
ఈతముల్లు విరగ దొక్కే కాలము
English Translation:
He is at the age when he can tread on and break a date thorn.Said of an unruly scamp.

Telugu Proverb:
ఈత చెట్టు కింద పాలు తాగినా, కల్లే అంటారు
English Translation:
If you even drink milk under a date tree they will say it’s toddy.People are judged by the company they keep.Tell me the company you keep, and I'll tell you what you are.From a river spring clear water flows. (Latin)

Telugu Proverb:
ఈతగింజ యిచ్చి తాటిగింజ లాగేవాడు
English Translation:
A man who gives a date stone and takes a palmyra nut.Ita is the wild date (Phoenix Sylvestris ). Tadu is the Palmyra (Borassus FlabelliformisOffering a gift of slight value for the purpose of gaining a rich present.Throw in a spirit to catch a salmon.

Telugu Proverb:
ఈతకు మించిన లోతూ, గోచికి మించిన దారిద్ర్యమూ లేదు
English Translation:
There is no greater depth to the man who is obliged to swim, nor poverty to him who is reduced to a clout.Reduced to the last extremity.

Telugu: ఈతకంటే మించిన లోతు లేదు
English Translation: When a man has to swim it matters not what the depth is.When a man determines to face his diffiiculties nothing daunts him.Over shoes, over boots.It is all the same whether a man has both legs in the stocks or one. (German) ​

Telugu: ఈ చేత చేసి ఆ చేత అనుభవించినట్టు
English Translation: Doing with this hand, and receiving the reward with that.Said of the certain result of either a good or bad deed.As you sow you shall reap.As you make your bed, so you must lie on it.

Telugu: ఈగకు యిలి, పాముకు బలి పుట్టదు.",
,English Translation: No food for a fly not offering for a snake.Said of a miscr’s house.Ye’ll brok your neck as soon as your fast i' his house. (Scotch)