“Telugu:
అడ్డెడు తవ్వెడు బియ్యము యిచ్చి అమ్మా నీ ప్రసాదము అన్నట్టు”
English Translation:
Like giving [a cook] two and a half measures of rice and saying, “Madam, this is your gift.”The cook gets four-fifths of the rice for herself, and yet she must be coaxed to cook the food. The allusion is to a traveller endeavouring to get some person to cook for him.