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“Telugu Proverb:
తవ్వి మీద తోసుకొన్నట్టు”
— English Translation:
He dug and threw [the earth] on his own head.

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— English Translation:
The cat which could not drink, upset the pot.

“Telugu Proverb:
తాగబోతే దప్పికి లేదు, తలకు అటకలి”
— English Translation:
Not a morsel to eat, but Atakali for his head.Atakali is an expensive preparation used for cleansing the head.

“Telugu Proverb:
తాగేది దమ్మిడీ గంజాయి, యిల్లంతా చెడు వుమ్ములు”
— English Translation:
He smokes half a farthing’s worth of Ganjayi, and fouls the whole house with spittle.Ganjayi (Hind. Ganjha) is the hemp plant (Cannabis Sativa) the leaves or young leaf-buds of which are bruised and smoked to produce intoxication. In its liquid form it is called Bhang.—A Dammidi is the twelfth of an ana ( anna ).Great injury caused by a little evil.

“Telugu Proverb:
తా చెడ్ద కోతి వనమెల్లా చెరిచినది”
— English Translation:
The monkey ruined himself, and all the forest after him.24

“Telugu Proverb:
తల్లి చెవుల మద్దికాయలు దండగలకు, భార్య మెళ్లో పూసలు బోగాలవారికి”
— English Translation:
His mother’s ear-ornaments went to pay fines, and his wife’s necklace of beads to pay harlots.

“Telugu Proverb:
తల్లిచెవులు తెంచిన వాడికి ముత్తవతల్లి చెవులు వెంట్రుక మాత్రము”
— English Translation:
The man who tears [the ornaments out of] his mother’s ears, will not care a rush for the ears of his great-grand mother.

“Telugu Proverb:
తన బలిమి కన్నా స్థాన బలిమి మేలు”
— English Translation:
The power of the place is greater than the power of the man.Every man is powerful in his own house.Every one is a king in his own house. (Portuguese)

“Telugu Proverb:
తలారి పగ తలతో తీరుతుంది”
— English Translation:
A Talari’s hate ends with one’s head.Talari is a village watchman.

“Telugu Proverb:
తన ముడ్డి కాకపోతే గంగదాకా దేకుమన్నట్టు”
— English Translation:
If not on my posteriors, crawl as far as Kasi (Benares).

“Telugu Proverb:
తల్లి అయినా యేడవనిదీ పాలివ్వదు”
— English Translation:
Unless the child cries, even the mother will not give it suck.Nothing is got without asking. 'Lose nothing for asking.Asking costs little. (Italian)

“Telugu Proverb:
తనవారు లోతుకు తీతురు, కానివారు కడకు తీతురు”
— English Translation:
His own people will pull him into the depth, his enemies will pull him to the bankEven an enemy is to be preferred to a relative in a time of danger.

“Telugu Proverb:
తలుపులు మింగేవానికి అప్పడాలు లొట లొటలు”
— English Translation:
Cakes are trifles to a man that swallows doors.

“Telugu Proverb:
తన వాశి తప్పితే, వొక వన్నె తరుగును”
— English Translation:
If virtue fails, honor decreases with it.

“Telugu Proverb:
తల్లి కడుపు చూచును, పెండ్లాము వీపు చూచును”
— English Translation:
The mother will look at his belly the wife at his back.The mother will look to see how her son fares, the wife to see what her husband has brought home for her.Come but come stooping.

“Telugu Proverb:
తన్నేకాలికి రోలు అడ్డమయినట్టు”
— English Translation:
The mortar came in the way of the foot which kicked.A fortunate hindrance in the commission of an act of violence.