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“Telugu:
పగలు చస్తే వాతికి లేదు, రాత్రి చస్తే దీపముకు లేదు”
English Translation:
If he dies in the day, there is no rice to put in his mouth; if he dies in the night, there is no oil for a lamp.Rice is put into the mouth of the dead at the funeral ceremony.Said of a miserably poor person.

“Telugu:
కూచమ్మ కూడ బెట్టితే, మాచమ్మ మాయము చేశినది.”,”
,English Translation:
Machamma made away with what Kuchamma gathered.

“Telugu:
అయితే ఆరుగ, కాకుంటే కంది”
English Translation:
If the Aruga fails, we shall have Kandi.(For Âruga see No. 88. For Kandi see No. 32)These are both sown together. The Âruga crop sometimes perishes.To have two strings to one’s bow.Good riding at two anchors men have told; For if one break, the other may hold.