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“Telugu:
అంబలి తాగేవారికి మీసాలు ఎగబట్టేవారు కొందరా”
English Translation:
Do people that live on porridge keep men to hold up their mustaches ?Said of a poor man trying to appear grand.A proud mind and a poor purse are ill met.

“Telugu:
ఇస్తే పెండ్లి, యివ్వకపోతే పెటాకులు”
English Translation:
.If you give, [I shall consider there is] a marriage [in your house] and if you don’t give, a funeral.The impertinent speech of a beggar.

“Telugu:
ఎదట అన్నది మాట, యెదాన పెట్టింది వాత”
English Translation:
Reprove a man to his face; brand a man on his chest.Don’t abuse a man behind his back.He who praises in praesentia, and abuse in absentia, have with him pestilentia. (German)