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“Telugu Proverb:
కాకులకు కాని నెమ్ములు కాస్తేనేమి పూస్తేనేమి”
— English Translation:
What is it to the crows if the Nemmi trees, which they don’t like, grow or blossom ?Nemmi chettu is the Dalbergia Oojeinensis.

“Telugu Proverb:
కాకి ముక్కున దొండపండు కరుచుకొన్నట్టు”
— English Translation:
Like a Donda fruit in a crow’s beak.Donda is a bright red fruit (Coccinea Indica)A beautiful thing possessed by a person who is unworthy of it.

“Telugu Proverb:
కాకులను కొట్టి గద్దలకు వేసినట్టు,”
— ,English Translation:
To kill crows and throw them to the kites.He robs Peter to pay Paul.

“Telugu Proverb:
కాగల కార్యములు గంధర్వులే తీరుస్తారు”
— English Translation:
Predestined events will be accomplished by Gandharvas.In allusion to the death of Kichaka whom Draupadi declared to have been killed by her husbands the Gandharvas. (See Virata Parva of the Mahabharata.) Gandharvas are celestial musicians.The judgments of God are fulfilled by unseen instruments.The feet of the avenging deities are shod with wool. (Latin)

“Telugu Proverb:
కాటికి పోయినా కరణాన్ని నమ్మ రాదు”
— English Translation:
Don’t trust a Karanam even when he is being taken to the cemetery.

“Telugu Proverb:
కరేపాకు కోశేవాడు వాగినట్టు”
— English Translation:
Muttering like a man plucking Kari Vépa leaves.Kari Vépa is the Bergera Koenigii and is used in making curries. There is an idea that the leaves lose their flavour if plucked silently.

“Telugu Proverb:
కర్మములుగల మగణ్ని కంబట్లోకట్టి బుజముమీద వేసుకొంటే జారి వీధిలో పడ్దట్టు”
— English Translation:
Like the guilty husband who slipped out of the blanket and fell into the street when his wife was carrying him on her shoulder (to save him from punishment).

“Telugu Proverb:
కత్తివాణా కలంవాణా.Is the sword sharp or the pen?The pen in the hand of the strong is more powerful than the sword.A goose-guilt is more dangerous than a lion’s claw”
— Telugu

“Telugu Proverb:
కర్ర లేనివాణ్ని గొర్రె అయినా కరుస్తుంది”
— English Translation:
Even a sheep will bite a man without a stick.Every man should be prepared to defend himself.

“Telugu Proverb:
కథకు కాళ్లు లేవు ముంతకు చెవులు లేవు”
— English Translation:
No legs to the tale, no cars to the pot.Said of a story that one cannot make head or tail of.A story without a head. (Greek)

“Telugu Proverb:
కర్రికుక్క కపిలగోవు అవునా”
— English Translation:
Will a black bitch become a Kapila cow?The Kapila is a tawny cow worshipped by the Hindus.

“Telugu Proverb:
కనుక్కొని రారా అంటే కాల్చి వచ్చేవాడు”
— English Translation:
When told to go and look, he goes and burns.Alluding to the story of Hanuman setting fire to Lanka, when sent to look for Sitâ.

“Telugu Proverb:
కలకాలపు దొంగ వకనాడు దొరుకుతాడు”
— English Translation:
The everlasting thief is one day caught.The old fox is caught at last.The old ape is taken at last. (Latin)

“Telugu Proverb:
కని గుడ్డు విని చెవుడు”
— English Translation:
Seeing, blind; hearing, deaf.""Eyes have they, but they see not: they have ears, but they hear not,"" Psalm cxv. 5, 6.

“Telugu Proverb:
కలబంద యెండూ, కోడలి కొత్తా లేదు”
— English Translation:
There is no dryness in the aloe, nor newness in a daughter-in-law.A daughter-in-law is never a stranger.

“Telugu Proverb:
కన్ను తగిలే పుల్లను కనిపెట్ట వద్దా”
— English Translation:
Should you not be careful of that which may stick into your eye?Keep an eye on your enemies.