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“Telugu Proverb:
నాటకములు బూటకములు, బోటితనములు నీటులు”
— English Translation:
Plays are unreal, your wit is your beauty.

“Telugu Proverb:
నవిలేవానికన్నా మింగేవాడు ఘనుడు”
— English Translation:
He who swallows is better off than he who chews.He gets along at a greater pace. (iceNo. 1585-)Said of an energetic man. ​1245. నవ్వ చెప్పేవాడు చెడ జెప్పును, యేడవ చెప్పేవాడు బ్రతక చెప్పును.He who speaks to make you laugh, speaks to your ruin ; he who speaks to make you weep, speaks to your profit.A friend's frown is better than a fool’: smile.

“Telugu Proverb:
నాథుడు లేని రాజ్యము నానా దారులు అయినది”
— English Translation:
A kingdom without a ruler becomes disorganized in all ways.' Bangrarle y purgarlo; Ii so murierc, enterrnrle. ​

“Telugu Proverb:
నవ్విన నాపచేనే పండుతున్నది”
— English Translation:
The field of young millet which is laughed at will be fruitful.Hindu cultivators assemble round a field which is in want of rain and laugh at it, taunting it with its unfruitfulness. By this means they believe that rain is brought down.

“Telugu Proverb:
నానాటికి తీశిపెట్టు నాగంభొట్లు”
— English Translation:
Pine away day by day, Négambhotlu.Said to a hypocritical Brahman, who was neglected when his tricksbecame known.

“Telugu Proverb:
నవ్వుతూ తిట్టితివో నరకాన పడితివో”
— English Translation:
Laughing, you reviled, and you have fallen into hell!

“Telugu Proverb:
నానా రుచులు పారి నాలికమీద కొరివి పెట్టుకొన్నట్టే వున్నది”
— English Translation:
All kinds of savours run over my tongue, [and taste] just as if a firebrand was put on it.Said by a man to n wretched cook.

“Telugu Proverb:
నవ్వు నాలుగందాల నష్టకారి”
— English Translation:
Silly laughter produces much harm.Laughter is the hiccup of a fool.

“Telugu Proverb:
నా పతివ్రతా ధర్మము నా మొదటి పెనిమిటికి తెలుసును”
— English Translation:
My chastity is known to my first husbandSaid by a widow who had passed herself off as a maid, and married again.

“Telugu Proverb:
నవ్వే ఆడదాన్నీ యేడ్చే మొగవాణ్ణీ నమ్మరాదు”
— English Translation:
A laughing woman and a crying man should not be trusted.

“Telugu Proverb:
నా పప్పు కలిశినంతా నేనే తింటాను”
— English Translation:
I will eat as much of the rice as my Dal has been mixed with.( For Dd! see N0. 188-)Said by the greater of two men who, when travelling together, hsd mixed their food, the big men having brought dAl and the other rice.Applied to a. grasping, selfish man.

“Telugu Proverb:
నంబీ, తంబళీ, నాగుబామూ, చెవుల పిల్లీ, యెదురైతే చేటువస్తుంది”
— English Translation:
If you meet a Nambi, a Tambali, a cobra da capello, or ahare, it will be worse for you. (For Non“ see No. 275 and for Toasbali see No. 178- )

“Telugu Proverb:
నమల కూడని నారికేళము”
— English Translation:
A cocoanut which cannot be chewed.A difiicult business.

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— English Translation:
“ O Nambi! Namhi ! what assistance will you render at mymarriage 'l” said one. “I will help you by my absence,” replied the priest. Meeting a Nambi is an ill omen.( See No. 1217. )Negative advantages.

“Telugu Proverb:
నమాజు చెయ్యబోతే, మశీదు మెడను పడ్డది”
— English Translation:
When he went to pray, the mosque fell on his neck.The management of the mosque was forced upon him.

“Telugu Proverb:
నక్క గూసి పిల్లలకు దోవ తెచ్చును”
— English Translation:
The jackal howls and brings evil upon its whelps.