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“Telugu Proverb:
తన కాళ్లకు బందాలు తానే తెచ్చుకొన్నట్టు”
— English Translation:
He brought fetters for his own legs.He brings a staff to brak his ain head. (Scotch)

“Telugu Proverb:
తంబళి తన లొటలొటేగాని, యెదటి లొటలొట యెరగడు”
— English Translation:
A Tambali prates, but does not listen to what others say.

“Telugu Proverb:
తనకు అని తవ్వెడు తవుడు వుంటే, ఆకటి వేళకు ఆరగించవచ్చును”
— English Translation:
If you have even a Tavva (1 lb. ) of bran of your own, you can eat it when you are hungry.Store is no sore.

“Telugu Proverb:
తంబళ అనుమానము”
— English Translation:
The scrupulosity of a Saiva priest.The Tambalas are a class of Sudra priests who wear the mend thread, and endeavour to observe Brahminical customs.Applied to foolish scruples.

“Telugu Proverb:
తనకు కాని రాజ్యము పండితేనేమి పదట కలిస్తేనేమి”
— English Translation:
What does it matter whether the kingdom he has not possession of prospers or decays ?

“Telugu Proverb:
తక్కువ నోములు నోచి యెక్కువ ఫలము రమ్మంటే వచ్చునా”
— English Translation:
If you expect much fruit from few offerings will it be obtained ?

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— English Translation:
[He called] the woman whom he could not get [as a wife] a harlot.Sour grapes as the fox said when he could not reach them.What you can't have, abuse. (Italian.)

“Telugu Proverb:
తగిలిన కాలే తగులుతుంది”
— English Translation:
A Wounded foot is always striking against something.

“Telugu Proverb:
తనకు చెప్ప తడికెలచాటు వొకరికి చెప్ప వొప్పుల కుప్ప”
— English Translation:
When [the priest] applies [the law] to himself he screens himself [from its penalty]; but in laying down [the law] for others he is a beauty.Justice, but not in my own house. (Spanish)No one likea justice brought home to his own door. (Italian)

“Telugu Proverb:
తగు దాసరికీ మెడ పూసలకూ, అమ్మకన్న కాన్పుకూ అయ్య యిచ్చిన మనుముకూ”
— English Translation:
Like Dasari, like beads; like the bringing forth of the mother, is the match made by the father.Said by a miserable daughter, who had been married to a bad husband.

“Telugu Proverb:
తనకు మాలిన ధర్మము, మొదలు చెడ్డ బేరము.",”
— ,English Translation:
To give that in charity which a man himself needs to receive from others is like trading after the loss of one’s principal.

“Telugu Proverb:
తగినట్టే కూర్చెరా తాకట్లమారి బ్రహ్మ”
— English Translation:
That makebate Brahma has made a pretty match of it!Said by one of an unhappy pair.

“Telugu Proverb:
తన కొంగున వున్న రూకా తన కడుపున పుట్టిన బిడ్డా పనికి వస్తవి”
— English Translation:
The money tied up in your skirt and the child you have begotten will be of use to you.

“Telugu Proverb:
తడకలేని యింట్లోకి కుక్క దూరినట్టు”
— English Translation:
As a dog enters into a house with an open door.Applied to property not watched.

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— English Translation:
To save her own hand from being burnt, she stirred up the food with the hand of her fellow wife’s child.Cat’s paw.To draw the snake out of the hole with another’s hand. (Spanish)23

“Telugu Proverb:
తడిగుడ్డలతో గొంతుక తెగకోస్తాడు”
— English Translation:
He cuts a [man‘s] throat with a wet cloth.Smooth words, but hidden malice.They scratch you with one hand and strike you with the other. (Latin)