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“Telugu:
ఒకనాటి భాగవతముతో మూతి మీసాలన్నీ తెగకాలినవి”
English Translation:
With one day’s acting, all his mustaches were burnt off.By standing too near the torches which are used to light up the figures of the performers, and on which powdered resin is thrown.Said of a clumsy novice.

— Telugu

Related Mantras

“Telugu:
నలపాకము భీమపాకముగా వున్నది”
English Translation:
It is like the cooking of Nala and Bhima.Said ironically to a bad cook.

“Telugu:
తడిశిన కుక్కి బిగిశినట్టు”
English Translation:
When the cot was wet, it became tight.The cots used by the poorest classes are plaited with the fibres of the Cannabis Szitiva which shrink when wet.A bad man is puffed up when flattered.

“Telugu:
ఉపాధ్యాయులవారూ, ఉక్తం ఉక్తం”
English Translation:
O teacher, uktam! uktam !Said by a school-boy when he saw a board about to fall on his master’s head. He had been taught to render the Sanscrit word Uktam by Palaka baddadi (“it was said”). These words also signify “ the board has fallen,”” which the boy took to be the correct meaning of the Sanscrit word.