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“Telugu:
చల్లకు వచ్చి ముంత దాచుకొన్నట్టు”
English Translation:
Coming to beg buttermilk and hiding the cup.Pride with poverty.Pride and poverty are ill met yet often together.

— Telugu

Related Mantras

“Telugu:
దొంగలు కొట్టిన ఆరు మాసములకు కుక్కలు మొరొగినవి”
English Translation:
The dogs barked six months after the robbery.

“Telugu:
ఇస్తే పెండ్లి, యివ్వకపోతే పెటాకులు”
English Translation:
.If you give, [I shall consider there is] a marriage [in your house] and if you don’t give, a funeral.The impertinent speech of a beggar.

“Telugu:
కలిమిలేములు కావటి కుండలు”
English Translation:
Having and not having are the pots in a Kavadi.Equally balanced.Fortune and misfortune are two buckets in a well. (German)Every day hath its night, every weal its woe.