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“Telugu Proverb:
చద్దికూడు తిన్నమ్మ మొగుడి ఆకలి యెరగదు”
— English Translation:
The wife who has eaten breakfast [at home] does not think of her husband’s hunger.Little knows the fat sow what the lean one means.The full belly does not believe in hunger. (Italian.)

“Telugu Proverb:
చావా చావడు, మంచమూ వదలడు.",”
— ,English Translation:
He would neither die not give up his bed.

“Telugu Proverb:
చద్ది తెచ్చుకున్న బ్రాహ్మణుడా భోజనము చెయ్యి”
— English Translation:
O Brahman! if you have brought food, eat it.Said to a selfish man who bores others by talking everlastingly of his own concerns.20

“Telugu Proverb:
చావుకు మళ్లీ చావు వస్తుందా”
— English Translation:
Does death come more than once ?

“Telugu Proverb:
చలిపందిటి కుండలకు తూట్లు పొడిచినట్టు”
— English Translation:
Like making holes in the pots in a water-shed.The water-shed in India corresponds to the drinking-fountain in Europe.A despicable trick.

“Telugu Proverb:
చావుకు పెట్టితే గాని, లంఖణాలకు తెగదు.",”
— ,English Translation:
He won’t fast unless told that his life is in danger.

“Telugu Proverb:
చన్నీళ్లయినా చల్లార్చుకొని తాగ వలెను”
— English Translation:
Even cold Water should be drunk slowly.There is a pun here on the word చల్లార్చుకొని which also means “having cooled.”Nothing should be done hastily.Good and quickly seldom meet.Haste trips up its own heels.

“Telugu Proverb:
చావు తప్పి కన్ను లొట్టపోయినట్టు”
— English Translation:
Escaping death, but losing an eye.

“Telugu Proverb:
చల్లకు వచ్చి ముంత దాచుకొన్నట్టు”
— English Translation:
Coming to beg buttermilk and hiding the cup.Pride with poverty.Pride and poverty are ill met yet often together.

“Telugu Proverb:
చింత చచ్చినా, చింత పులుపు చావదు”
— English Translation:
The tamarind may be dried, but it loses not its acidity.Retaining vigour of mind though weakened in body.

“Telugu Proverb:
చవక దూబరదిండికి కారణము”
— English Translation:
Cheapness causes extravagance.A good bargain is a pick purse.What is not needed is dear at a farthinng. (Latin)

“Telugu Proverb:
చవక అయితే బాజారుకు వస్తున్నది”
— English Translation:
When cheap it comes to the bazar.

“Telugu Proverb:
గోవులేని వూళ్లో గొడ్డుగేదె శ్రీ మహాలక్ష్మి”
— English Translation:
A barren buffalo is the emblem of Maha Lakshmi, in a village where there are no cows.Maha Lakshmi is the goddess of fortune.The one-eyed is a king in the land of the blind.

“Telugu Proverb:
చచ్చినవాని పెండ్లికి వచ్చినంత కట్నము”
— English Translation:
Any quantity of presents must suflice at a dead man’s marriage.When a marriage takes place, presents of cloths are sent to the bride and bridegroom by their relations. Return gifts of about equal value are made shortly after the marriage. Should the bridegroom, however, die during theceremonies, no presents are returned, and no complaints are therefore made regarding the value of those received.

“Telugu Proverb:
గ్రామశాంతికి బోడితల”
— English Translation:
[Shaving] a bald head, to [propitiate] the village goddess.No other will submit to the ignominy.

“Telugu Proverb:
చచ్చేదాకా బ్రతికి వుంటే పెండ్లి చేస్తానన్నట్టు”
— English Translation:
If you live until I die, I’ll get you married.A jocular saying.