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“Telugu:
ఏటిదరి మానికి యెప్పుడూ చలనము”
English Translation:
A tree on the river bank always totters.Said of a man in an insecure position.

“Telugu:
పోరాని చుట్టము వచ్చినాడు, తమలపాకులు బొడ్డు వంచి కోయుమన్నట్టు”
English Translation:
“A near relation has come,”” said he “stoop and pluck the betel leaves.”The owner of the garden unwillingly complied with his relation’s demand to be supplied with betel leaf gratis, and instructed his gardener with the ambiguous phrase “ stoop and pinch,”” which the relation understood to mean that the order was to be obeyed with alacrity, the object really being that the worst leaves, which are always nearest the ground, should be given. The word translated “” near”” signifies literally “” one who goes not.””Applied to that which is done because politeness requires it, but unwillingly. ​

“Telugu:
కాసు గొడ్డుకు రూక బందె”
English Translation:
A fine of a fanam for [the trespass of] a cow worth a cash.A fanam = 80 cash. Expense disproportionate to the value of an article.