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“Telugu:
ఆ పప్పు యీ నీళ్లకు వుడకదు”
English Translation:
That pulse cannot be cooked with this water.The pulse alluded to is the Csjanus Indicns (See No. 32) commonly called Dal ( Hind.) It requires to be boiled in good sweet water to make it soft and fit for eating.A phrase similar to “That game won’t pay,” “That cock won’t fight.””

“Telugu:
తండ్రి తవ్విన నుయ్యి అని అందులోపడి చావ వచ్చునా”
English Translation:
Will you drown yourself in the well because your father dug it ?

“Telugu:
కులహీనమయినా, వరహీనము కారాదు”
English Translation:
Though [a husband] be low in rank, he should not be younger than his wife. (Or, she should not be without one?)