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“Telugu:
ఇషుంట రమ్మంటే, యిల్లంతా చేకొన్నట్టు”
English Translation:
Like taking possession of the whole house, when asked to come in for a while.Give a rogue an inch and he will take an ell. (Dutch)

— Telugu

Related Mantras

“Telugu:
ఈ వూరికి ఆ వూరెంతో, ఆ వూరికి యీ వూరంతే.”,”
,English Translation:
The distance between that village and this village is the same as that between this village and that village.Six of one and half a dozen of the other.

“Telugu:
గుడ్డు వచ్చి పిల్లను యెక్కిరించినది”
English Translation:
The egg made faces at the chicken.Mocking and mimicking a superior.

“Telugu:
పప్పన్నమంటే పది ఆమడ అయినా పరుగెత్త వలెను”
English Translation:
When we hear of D61 and rice we should run for it, even though it be hundred miles off.Said of a greedy Brahman.