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“Telugu Proverb:
కొరివితో కొప్పు గోకుకొన్నట్టు”
— English Translation:
Like scratching one’s head with a firebrand.Applied to the use of bad agents.

“Telugu Proverb:
కొండ యెక్కేవాని మొలను కొడవలి చెక్కినట్టు”
— English Translation:
Like a sickle carried in the waist of a man climbing up a hill.An additional danger and difficulty.

“Telugu Proverb:
కొండవీటి చేంత్రాడు”
— English Translation:
Like a well-rope at Kondavidu.Where water is very scarce and the wells very deep.Said of a long-winded story.

“Telugu Proverb:
కృతఘ్నునికి చేశిన మేలు”
— English Translation:
Good done to an ungrateful person.

“Telugu Proverb:
కొండమీదినుంచి పడ్డ వానికి గాయములు యెన్ని”
— English Translation:
How many are the wounds of a man who has fallen from the top of a hill?A man inured to difliculties.

“Telugu Proverb:
కొండంత దూదికి కొండంత నిప్పు యేల”
— English Translation:
Why a mountain of fire to [burn down] a mountain of cotton?A little fire burn: up a great deal of corn.

“Telugu Proverb:
కొంప తీస్తివా రామన్నా ఆంటే, అందుకు సందేహమా అన్నట్టు”
— English Translation:
“Have you ruined me Ramanna?” [said a man to his parrot] “Is there any doubt of that?” it replied.A man was duped into buying a parrot by the seller pretending it had power to discover hidden treasure. He pointed to a place where money had been previously buried and enquired of the parrot, which answered ""Is there any doubt of that?"" the only sentence it had been taught to repeat. The purchaser having bought the parrot for a large sum, in vain endeavoured to cause it to discover treasure. At last in his disappointment he cried ""Have you ruined me Ramanna?"" when he received the same answer "" Is there any doubt of that?""Applied to a person who knowingly gives bad advice to others, and then laughs at their misfortunes.

“Telugu Proverb:
కొండంత రెడ్డే పోగా పిడికెడు బొచ్చుకు యేడ్చినట్టు”
— English Translation:
When the big Reddi died they wept only for the handful of his hair.Indifferent to a great loss, but lamenting over some trifle that went with it.Fear not the loss of the bell more than the loss of the steeple.

“Telugu Proverb:
కొట్టకమునుపే యేడుస్తావేమంటే, ముందు కొట్టబోతావని యేడుస్తానన్నట్టు”
— English Translation:
“Why do you cry before being beaten?” he asked, “you are going to beat me in future” replied [the boy].Never yowl till you’re hit.Let your trouble tarry till its own day comes.Sufficient for the day is the evil thereof.

“Telugu Proverb:
కొండంత దేవుణ్ని కొండంత పత్రితో పూజ చేస్తారా”
— English Translation:
Do they offer to a god as great as a mountain, leaves and flowers as much as a mountain?A worshipper is accepted according to his faith, not according to greatness of his offering.

“Telugu Proverb:
కొడుకు బాగుండ వలె, కోడలు ముండ మొయ్య వలె”
— English Translation:
The son must flourish, and the daughter-in-law must become a Widow.

“Telugu Proverb:
కొండకు వొక వెంట్రుక ముడి వేస్తే, వస్తే కొండే వస్తున్నది, పోతే వెంట్రుకే పోతున్నది”
— English Translation:
If you tie a hair to a mountain, the mountain will come or the hair only go.The possibility of great gain with the risk of little loss.

“Telugu Proverb:
కొత్తకుండలో జోరీగ చొచ్చినట్టు”
— English Translation:
Like a gad-fly flying into a new pot.The pot contains nothing, and the mouth being narrow, the fly has some difllculty in getting out again.

“Telugu Proverb:
కొండ తలకింద బెట్టుకొని రాళ్లు వెతికినట్టు”
— English Translation:
Like putting a mountain under one’s head and searching for stones.

“Telugu Proverb:
కొత్త నీరు వచ్చి పాత నీరు కొట్టుకొని పోయినది”
— English Translation:
The new water came and washed away the old water.A little gain once was the cause of all being lost eventually.

“Telugu Proverb:
కొండతో తగరు పోట్లాడినట్టు”
— English Translation:
Like a ram butting a mountain.Great conceit.