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“Telugu:
అరవ యేడుపు”
English Translation:
Like a Tamil mourning.Among the Tamilians, women are sometimes hired to mourn over a deceased person.Applied to an unwilling performance of any duty.

— Telugu

Related Mantras

“Telugu:
నవ్వు నాలుగందాల నష్టకారి”
English Translation:
Silly laughter produces much harm.Laughter is the hiccup of a fool.

“Telugu:
పొంగేదంతా పొయి పాలు”
English Translation:
All that boils over goes to the fire-place.Said of a silly man puffed up with conceit. whose vanity ruins him.

“Telugu:
అమ్మ పెట్టేవి నాలుగూ అప్పుడే పెట్టితే చెయ్యనా”
English Translation:
If you had beaten me as my mother used to do, would I not have done [the work]?Said by a daughter-in-law to her mother-in-law.Applied to a. person with whom mild measures are of no avail, with whomThere is no argument like that of the stick. (Spanish)