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“Telugu Proverb:
కడవంత గుమ్మడికాయ అయినా కత్తిపీటకు లోకువ”
— English Translation:
Although the pumpkin be as big as a large pot, yet it is subject to the kitchen knife.Gummadi kaya is the Cucurbita Maxima.However great a family a wife may come from, she must still be subject to her husband.

“Telugu Proverb:
కంచు మోగినట్టు కనకము మోగునా”
— English Translation:
Does gold ever ring like hell metal ?A wise man is sparing of his words, but a fool likes the sound of his own voice.A deluge of words and a drop of sense.“It is not the hen which cacklcs most that lays most eggs."" (Dutch.)

“Telugu Proverb:
కడి గండము గాచును”
— English Translation:
A lump of food [given in charity] will save you from trouble.He who lends to the poor, gets his interest from God. (German)

“Telugu Proverb:
కండ్లకు దూరమయితే చెవులకు దూరమా”
— English Translation:
If out of sight, is it out of hearing also?

“Telugu Proverb:
కడుపుతో వున్నమ్మ కనక మానునా, వండినమ్మ తినక మానునా.",”
— ,English Translation:
Will the woman with child refrain from bringing forth? will the woman who cooked not help herself?One is as certain as the other.He is a poor cook that cannot lick his own fingers.

“Telugu Proverb:
కంఠగత ప్రాణముగా వున్నది”
— English Translation:
The life has reached the throat, (i. e. all but departed ).Being placed in a most difiicult position.

“Telugu Proverb:
కడుపు కూటికి యేడిస్తే, కొప్పు పూలకు యేడ్చినది”
— English Translation:
When the belly cried for food, the hair cried for flowers.

“Telugu Proverb:
కండ్లు వుండగానే కాటుక”
— English Translation:
[Apply] collyrium to your eyes while you have them.Make use of your opportunities before they pass from you.

“Telugu Proverb:
కడుపునిండా గారెలు తింటే, వంటినిండా జ్వరము”
— English Translation:
If you eat a bellyful of cakes, [you will get] a bodyful of fever.

“Telugu Proverb:
కండ్లు పోయిన తర్వాత సూర్య నమస్కారములా”
— English Translation:
Will you worship the sun after losing your eyes?If their sight begins to fail, Hindus worship the sun for their recovery.Persisting in that which has become of no avail.

“Telugu Proverb:
కడుపు నిండిన బేరము”
— English Translation:
A bargain [with a man] with his belly full.A person in easy circumstances will drive a hard bargain.

“Telugu Proverb:
కండ్లు చెరిపిన దేవుడు మతి యిచ్చినట్టు”
— English Translation:
The God who destroyed the eyes, gave understanding.When God deprives a man of sight, He increases his intellectual powers.

“Telugu Proverb:
కడుపు నిండినవానికి గారెలు చేదు”
— English Translation:
Cakes are bitter to a man with his belly full.A rich man will not care for trifling gains.

“Telugu Proverb:
కందకు లేదు, చేమకు లేదు, తోటకూరకు వచ్చెనా దురద”
— English Translation:
No acridity in Kanda or Chéma, how can there be any in Totakura?Kanda is the Arum Campanulatum; Chéma is the Colocasia Antiquorum; Totakura is applied to the Amaranthus Oleraceus, and other herbs.When a man’s relatives and friends won’t assist him, why should help be expected from a mere acquaintance ?

“Telugu Proverb:
కడుపులో బిడ్డ కడుపులోనే వుండగా, కొడుకు పేరు సోమలింగం”
— English Translation:
While the child is still in the womb, the son is named Somalingam.Boil not the pap before the child is born.

“Telugu Proverb:
కందకు లేని దురద బచ్చలికేమి”
— English Translation:
If the Kanda possess no acridity, why should it be looked for in the Bachchali?Bachchali is Basella. Cordifolia (the Indian spinach).