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“Telugu:
ఎక్కిరించబోయి వెల్లకిత్తలా పడ్డాడ�”
English Translation:
He went to mock, and fell on his back.He went out shearing and he came home ‘horn.The biter bit.

“Telugu:
కంఠగత ప్రాణముగా వున్నది”
English Translation:
The life has reached the throat, (i. e. all but departed ).Being placed in a most difiicult position.

“Telugu:
అమ్మదగ్గిర కింద పడుకొన్నా వకటే, అబ్బదగ్గిర నేల పడుకొన్నా వకటే”
English Translation:
It is all one whether [the child] sleep on the ground with its mother, or on the floor with its father.Equally bad.Where ball is the best, naught must be the choice.Whatever way you take there is a league of bad road. (Spanish)