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“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.""

“Telugu Proverb:
ఆంధ్రాలోకోక్తిచంద్రిక”
— Telugu

“Telugu Proverb:
ఆకలి కాని భోజనము, ఆలి మీద లంజరికము.",”
— ,English Translation:
Eating when the appetite is satisfied; unfaithfulness to a wifeBoth bad.

“Telugu Proverb:
ఆటా తీరె, పాటా తీరె, కోటలో రామరాజ్యము”
— English Translation:
The dancing is over, the song is finished, and every one is as free as in the kingdom of Rama.(Sec Nos. 278, 1644, 1987.)

“Telugu Proverb:
ఆకలి ఆకాశమంత, గొంతుక సూది బెజ్జమంత”
— English Translation:
The appetite is as great as the sky, but the throat is as small as the eye of a needle.Applied to great ambition, but small abilities. ​

“Telugu Proverb:
ఆడదానిచేతి అర్థమూ, మొగవానిచేతి బిడ్డా బ్రతకదు.",”
— ,English Translation:
Money left in the hands of a woman wont last ; a child left in the hands of a man wont live.

“Telugu Proverb:
ఆకలిగొన్న కరణము పాతకవిలె తీశినాడు”
— English Translation:
The hungry Karanam looked into his old accounts.A Karanaam is a village accountant.

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— English Translation:
A woman’s word, a bundle of water.A woman's mind and winter wind change oft.

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— English Translation:
When the daughter-in-law said she was hungry, her mother-in-law told her to swallow the pestle.Rokali is a wooden pestle, five or six feet long, used for pounding rice.

“Telugu Proverb:
ఆడది బొంకితే గోడ పెట్టినట్టు, మొగవాడు బొంకితే తడిక కట్టినట్టు”
— English Translation:
If a woman lies, it’s like building a wall ; if a man lies, it’s like putting up a mat ( easily seen through. )

“Telugu Proverb:
ఆకలి రుచి యెరగదు, నిద్ర సుఖమెరగదు, వలపు శిగ్గు యెరగదు”
— English Translation:
Hunger knows not taste, sleep knows not comfort, lust knows not shame.Hunger is the best sauce.