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“Telugu:
ఇల్లు తిరిగి రమ్మంటే, యిలారం తిరిగి వచ్చినట్టు.”,”
,English Translation:
When he was asked to walk round the house he walked round the shed.

— Telugu

Related Mantras

“Telugu:
ఊరకుంటు, అడివిలేడి.”,”
,English Translation:
Lame in the village and an antelope in the jungle.A skulk.

“Telugu:
అటయితే కందిపప్పు, యిటయెతే పెసరపప్పు”
English Translation:
In the one case Kandi, in the other Pesara.Kandi is the Cajanus Indicus; Pesara is the Phaseolus Mungo.Said by a Brahman quack referring to the recovery or death of his patient. In either case he is feasted. ​

“Telugu:
కొండమీదినుంచి పడ్డ వానికి గాయములు యెన్ని”
English Translation:
How many are the wounds of a man who has fallen from the top of a hill?A man inured to difliculties.