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“Telugu Proverb:
ఓహో కనుక్కోలేక పోతిరిగదా అన్నట్టు”
— English Translation:
Aha! so you were not able to find me!Said by a jackass of a bridegroom who had hidden himself on the top of the shed at the time of the marriage, and looked on while the bride was married to another man.

“Telugu Proverb:
ఔషధానకు అవపథ్యానకు చెల్లు, రోగము పై పెచ్చు”
— English Translation:
[The benefit derived from] the medicine is to be deducted from [the harm done by] carelessness in diet, and the balance remaining is an increase of the disease.Diet cureస్ more than the lancet.The best physicians are Dr. Diet, Dr. Quiet, and Dr. Merryman.

“Telugu Proverb:
కంకణముల చెయ్యి ఆడితే, కడియముల చెయ్యి ఆడును.If the hand with Kankanamulu moves, the hand with Kadiyamulu moves also.Konkanamulu are bracelets worn by women. Kadiyamulu are those worn by men.Where woman leads man follows.",”
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— English Translation:
“ Well, swollen-bodied Reddi! how do you sell your paddy?”“ The want of it alone has made my whole body swell,” he replied._ The Hindus believe that longing for any desired object causes the legs and face to swell.

“Telugu Proverb:
కంచము అమ్మి మెట్టెలు కొన్నట్టు”
— English Translation:
Selling the dish and buying toe-rings.He has given the hen for the egg. (German)

“Telugu Proverb:
ఒళ్లెరుగని శివము, మనసెరగని కల్ల వున్నదా.",”
— ,English Translation:
Is there any inspiration which makes a man unaware of his own actions? Is there any lie not known to him that utters it?

“Telugu Proverb:
ఔషధానకు అవపథ్యానకు చెల్లు, రోగము పై పెచ్చు”
— English Translation:
[The benefit derived from] the medicine is to be deducted from [the harm done by] carelessness in diet, and the balance remaining is an increase of the disease.Diet cureస్ more than the lancet.The best physicians are Dr. Diet, Dr. Quiet, and Dr. Merryman.

“Telugu Proverb:
ఒక కలగంటే తెల్లవారుతున్నదా”
— English Translation:
Will the morning dawn after dreaming one dream?After one trouble, think not that you have passed through all.

“Telugu Proverb:
ఒకనాడు విందు, వకనాడు మందు”
— English Translation:
One day a feast, one day medicine.One day favor, one day disfavor.To-day in finary, to-morrow in filth. (German)

“Telugu Proverb:
ఏరు యేడామడ వుండగానే, చీర విప్పి చంక పెట్టుకొని పోయినట్టు”
— English Translation:
She took off her cloth and put it under her arm, While the river was still seventy milesofl'.Do not strip before bed time. (French)

“Telugu Proverb:
ఒకరి కలిమికి యేడిస్తే వక కన్ను పోయినది, తనలేమికి యేడిస్తే మరి వక కన్నూ పోయినది”
— English Translation:
By weeping at the good fortune of another he lost one eye, and by weeping at his own ill fortune he lost the other. ​

“Telugu Proverb:
ఏలిన వానికి రేయుం బగులు వకటే”
— English Translation:
Day and night are one to the [Supreme] Ruler.""The darkness and the light are both alike to Thee."" Psalm cxxxix. 12.

“Telugu Proverb:
ఒక్క చెయ్యి తట్టితే, చప్పుడు అవునా”
— English Translation:
If you clap with one hand will there be any sound?Nothing can be done successfully by a single person.One man is no man. (Latin)Two heads are better than one.Hand washes hand, and finger finger. (Greek)

“Telugu Proverb:
ఏలుకోవడానకు వూళ్లు లేవుగాని, యెత్తుకొని తినడానకు వూళ్లు లేవా”
— English Translation:
There are no villages to rule over, but are there not villages to beg in?Said by a beggar refused alms.

“Telugu Proverb:
ఒక వూరికి వెయ్యి దోవలు”
— English Translation:
There are a thousand ways to a village.Every man in his way.There are more ways to the wood than one.

“Telugu Proverb:
ఏలేవాని యెద్దు పోతేనేమి, కాచేవాని కన్ను పోతేనేమి.",”
— ,English Translation:
If the master’s ox be lost what is it [to the servant?]. If the watchman’s eye be lost what is it [to the master?].