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“Telugu:
ఎండబడితే వుండబడుతుంది, వుండబడితే వండబడుతుంది, వండబడితే తిండబడుతుంది, తిండబడితే పండబడుతుంది”
English Translation:
If the sun gets hot, he will have to stay; if he stays, dinner will have to be cooked for him; if it is cooked, it will have to be eaten ; and if he eats it, he will have to lie down.The muttered grumblings of a stingy host.

“Telugu:
అగ్నిహోత్రములో అజ్యము పోశినట్టు”
English Translation:
Like ghee poured on fire.To cast oil in the fire is not the way to quench it.

“Telugu:
అయ్యకు రెండో పెండ్లి అని సంతోషమేకాని, అమ్మకు సవితిపోరు అని యెరగడు”
English Translation:
[The son] is glad that his father has taken a second wife, but he little knows what quarrels there will be between her and his mother.