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“Telugu:
తానూ వక మనిషేనా తవుడూ వక రొట్టేనా”
English Translation:
He calls himself a man, and the bran he eats, bread.A vulgar person taking airs.

“Telugu:
ఆకలి యెత్తుతుంది అత్తగారా అంటే, రోకలి మింగవే కోడలా అన్నద�”
English Translation:
When the daughter-in-law said she was hungry, her mother-in-law told her to swallow the pestle.Rokali is a wooden pestle, five or six feet long, used for pounding rice.

“Telugu:
దొంగను తేలు కుట్టినట్టు”
English Translation:
Like a robber stung by a scorpionA man does not cry out when he sufl’ers from his own folly.