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“Telugu Proverb:
కలిగినయ్య గాదె తీసేటప్పటికి పేదవానికి ప్రాణము పోయినది”
— English Translation:
By the time the rich man opened his corn bin, the poor man had died.

“Telugu Proverb:
కన్ను యెర్రనయినా మిన్ను యెర్రనయినా కారక మానదు”
— English Translation:
When the eye is red, or the sky is red, (at sunset) there will surely be a dropping.

“Telugu Proverb:
కలిగినయ్య కలిగినయ్యకే పెట్టును, లేనయ్య కలిగినయ్యకే పెట్టును”
— English Translation:
The rich man will feed the rich man and the poor man will feed the rich man.Who has, is - (Italian.)

“Telugu Proverb:
కక్కిన కుక్కవద్దికీ కన్న కుక్కవద్దికీ కానివాణ్ని అయినా పంపవద్దు”
— English Translation:
Don’t send even your enemy near a dog which has vomited, or a bitch which has pupped.

“Telugu Proverb:
కడుపులో లేనిది కౌగిలించుకొంటే వస్తున్నదా”
— English Translation:
Will [affection] that does not exist in the heart be caused by embracing [the body]?

“Telugu Proverb:
కట్టిన యింటికి పణుకులు చెప్పేవారు వెయ్యిమంది”
— English Translation:
Those who criticize the design of a built house are a thousand.He that buildeth upon the highway hath many advisers. (Dutch)Every fool can find faults that a great many wise men can't remedy.

“Telugu Proverb:
కడుపు వస్తే కని తీర వలెను”
— English Translation:
After conception there’s nothing for it but to bring forth.A work undertaken must be completed.

“Telugu Proverb:
కట్టెవంక పొయ్యి తీరుస్తున్నది”
— English Translation:
The fire place takes the crookedness out of the stick.A bad man’s evil qualities only disappear in the funeral pile.The wolf loses his teeth but not his inclination. (Spanish)

“Telugu Proverb:
కతికితే అతకదు”
— English Translation:
If he laps, it wont answer.If a person goes to get a wife for another, and eats in the house before the matter is arranged, it is sure to fall through.

“Telugu Proverb:
కట్టినవానికి వకయిల్లు అయితే కట్టనివానికి వెయ్యిండ్లు”
— English Translation:
A man that has built a house has one house, a man that has built no house has a thousand houses.A man without a house can change his residence as often as he pleases.He who has no house of his own is every where at home. (spanish)

“Telugu Proverb:
కత్తి తీశి కంపలో వేశి యేకు తీశి పొడుచుకుంటానన్నట్టు”
— English Translation:
Like a man throwing away the knife and threatening to kill himself with a flock of cotton.Saying and doing are two things.

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— English Translation:
When the woman who had worn the cloth, and the woman who had the cloth in her possession met another woman, she began to pine away.The cloth spoken of is the కాటేరికోక worn by pregnant women to propitiate the goddess కాటేరి (Katéri). If a pregnant woman who has neglected the worship of this goddess, sees one of these garments, she takes fright.

“Telugu Proverb:
కత్తిపోటు తప్పినా కలంపోటు తప్పదు”
— English Translation:
Though the stab of the sword may fail, the stab of the pen will not fail.

“Telugu Proverb:
కడగా పొయ్యే శనైశ్చరుడా మా యింటిదాకా వచ్చి పొమ్మన్నట్టు”
— English Translation:
O Saturn! who art passing by, pay my house a visit.Saturn is the god of misfortune.He that courts injury will obtain it. (Danish)

“Telugu Proverb:
కత్తి మెత్తనా అత్త మంచీ లేదు”
— English Translation:
There is no softness in a sword, nor goodness in a mother-in law.13

“Telugu Proverb:
కడి అంటే నోరు తెరిచి, కళ్లెమంటే నోరు మూశినట్టు”
— English Translation:
Like [a horse] which opens its mouth for a morsel, and shuts it for the bridle.