ProverbPedia

“Telugu:
పిల్లముడ్డి గిల్లి వుయ్యాల వూచే వాడు”
English Translation:
Pinching the child while swinging the cradle.Done by a lazy fellow who wanted to make it appear that the child did not like him. ​

“Telugu:
తిన్నయింటి వాసాలు యెన్నేవాడు”
English Translation:
A man that counts the rafters of his benefactor’s house.A story is told of a man who counted the rafters, &c., of a house in order that he might take possession of it and found his claim to it on this knowledge. Hence the term is applied to a person basely attempting to swindle another, who had befriended him, out of his property.All’s lost that’s put into a riven dish.

“Telugu:
ఉల్లిపాయంత బలిజవుంటే, వూరంతా చెరుస్తాడు”
English Translation:
If there be a Balija man as small as a clove of garlick, he will ruin the whole village.Balija is a caste among Telugu and Canarese Sudras.One scabbed sheep will mar a whole flock.One ill weed mars a whole pot of pottage.