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“Telugu Proverb:
ఆరగించగా లేనిది అడిగితే వస్తున్నదా”
— English Translation:
Will a man get by begging, what was wanting in the feast ?

“Telugu Proverb:
ఆ తండ్రికి కొడుకు కాడా”
— English Translation:
Is he not the son of that father?Like father, like son.Such a father, such a son. (Portuguese)He is his father’s son.(Latin)

“Telugu Proverb:
ఆరాటపు కదురు యే రాటాన బెట్టినా బర బర”
— English Translation:
The restless spindle, to whatever spinning wheel it may be attached, rattles.

“Telugu Proverb:
ఆతురగానికి తెలివి మట్టు”
— English Translation:
A hasty man is not wise.He that is hasty of spirit exalteth folly. Proverbs xiv. 29.A hasty man never wants woe.

“Telugu Proverb:
ఆరుగ కోశిన ముహూర్తాననే కంది కూడా కొయ్యండి”
— English Translation:
Reap the Aruga and Kandi together in the same propitious hour.Applied to hasty actions.

“Telugu Proverb:
ఆ తుష్టికీ యీ నష్టికీ సరి”
— English Translation:
That profit and this loss are equal.

“Telugu Proverb:
ఆరు నెలలనుంచి వాయించిన మద్దెల వోటిదా గట్టిదా అని అడిగినట్టు”
— English Translation:
Like asking if the drum is cracked or strong, after using it for six months.

“Telugu Proverb:
ఆత్మస్తుతీ, పరనిందా, అర్థాపేక్షా, లేని మహానుభావుడికి నాకూ డబ్బు, శుద్ధశుంఠకు వాడికీ డబ్బా",”
— ,"English Translation:
Am I, an upright man, not a boaster, a fault finder, nor covetous, to have one pice, and is this great fool to have a pice also ?In this speech a man committed the very three faults from which he boasted he was free.

“Telugu Proverb:
ఆరెల మానుకింద బూరెల మాను విరగబడ్డట్టు”
— English Translation:
Like a tree loaded with cakes falling below an Are tree.Are is the Bauhinia Racemosa; it bears fruit like cranberries.Great luck.

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— English Translation:
When he thought of putting an end to himself, his soul said within him “Let us wait until Sunday and all drown together.”The word “All"" refers to the elements of which man is composed.Sunday is a propitious day.Judge well before you act.Consideration is the parent of wisdom.

“Telugu Proverb:
ఆర్చేవా, తీర్చేవా, అక్కర వస్తే ములిగేవా”
— English Translation:
Would you comfort me, or remove my grief, or if necessary would you plunge [ into the water to save me ] ?Asking proofs of professed friendship.A friend in need is a friend indeed.

“Telugu Proverb:
ఆదాయము లేకనే శెట్టి వరదబోడు”
— English Translation:
Without [the hope of] gain, a Setti will not venture into the floodThe Settis (merchants) are very greedy and very cowardly.

“Telugu Proverb:
ఆర్చేవారే గాని, తీర్చేవారు లేరు.",”
— ,English Translation:
There are comforters but no real helpers.

“Telugu Proverb:
ఆపతి మొక్కులు, సంపతి కుంట్లు”
— English Translation:
Vows in times of trouble, carping [ at the gods ] in times of prosperity.( See No. 1578.)The devil was sick, the devil a monk would be;The devil grew well, the devil a monk was he.(Latin)

“Telugu Proverb:
ఆలికి అన్నము పెట్టడము వూరికి వుపకారమా”
— English Translation:
Is feeding one’s wife a benefit to the village ?

“Telugu Proverb:
ఆ పప్పు యీ నీళ్లకు వుడకదు”
— English Translation:
That pulse cannot be cooked with this water.The pulse alluded to is the Csjanus Indicns (See No. 32) commonly called Dal ( Hind.) It requires to be boiled in good sweet water to make it soft and fit for eating.A phrase similar to “That game won't pay,” “That cock won’t fight.""