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“Telugu:
అబ్బితే శిగ, అబ్బకపోతే కాళ్లు”
English Translation:
If possible, [ he seizes ] the tuft; if not, the feet.Applied to a base fellow who tries to ruin others, and, when he fails, cringes at their feet.Anoint a villain and he will prick you, prick a villain and he will anoint you. (French) ​

“Telugu:
గుడ్డి కన్ను మూశినా వకటే తెరిచినా వకటే”
English Translation:
It matters not whether the blind eye is open or shut.A useless man’s absence is as good as his presence.

“Telugu:
ఇసుక తక్కిడి, పేడ తక్కిడి”
English Translation:
Cheating with sand, cheating with cowdung.Two travellers met: one had a bundle of sand, the other a bundle of cowdung; one said his bundle contained raw rice, the other that his contained boiled rice. They agreed to exchange, and immediately ran off in different directions, each to find himself outwitted by the other. (See story 54, in Telugu Selections).One trick is met by another. (Spanish)