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“Telugu:
చక్కిలాలు తింటావా, చల్ది తింటావా అంటే, చక్కిలాలూ తింటాను, చల్దీ తింటాను, అయ్యతోటి వేడీ తింటాను అన్నాడ”
English Translation:
When [the guest] was asked whether he would take biscuits, or cold breakfast, he replied that he would take both, and hot breakfast too with the good man of the house.Applied to an ill mannered glutton.The first cut, and all the loaf besides.

— Telugu

Related Mantras

“Telugu:
అయ్యవారిని చెయ్యబోతే కోతి అయినది”
English Translation:
His attempt to make [an image of] Ganésa ended in [the moulding of] a monkey.Mud images of Ganésa are made and worshipped on the 4th day of the light fortnight in the month Bhadrapada (August-September ).A ridiculous failure.

“Telugu:
నానాటికి తీశిపెట్టు నాగంభొట్లు”
English Translation:
Pine away day by day, Négambhotlu.Said to a hypocritical Brahman, who was neglected when his tricksbecame known.

“Telugu:
పేరు పెనిమిటిది, అనుభవము మామగారిది”
English Translation:
The name is my husband’s, the suffering is my father-in law’s.Said by Sita to the Rishis’ wives when they condoled with her on her husband’s sufferings. She knew that Rama’s misfortune was not to be compared with that of her father-in-law Dasaratha who died of grief, cursed by the old hermit whose son he had accidentally killed.The name with one, the reality with another.