“Telugu: చెప్పుడు మాటలకన్నా తప్పుడు మాటలు నయము”English Translation: Lies are better than backbiting. — Telugu Related Mantras “Telugu: తొండ ముదిరి వూసరవిల్లి అయినట్టు”English Translation: The Tonda grew old, and hecarne an Usaravilli.Tonds is a bloodsucker (chameleon) which when old is called ûsaravilli.Vice growing with age. “Telugu: తన పుట్టి పిచ్చగా వుంటే, పొరుగు పందుం పరా కొలిచినాడ”English Translation: When his Putti was found to be of short measure, he tested the Pandum and Para of his neighbour.Putti, Pandum and Para are measures of capacity.When a man was found cheating with a false measure, he tried to prove that his neighbour’s measures were too large. “Telugu: నక్కలు యెరగని బొక్కలూ నాగులు యెరగని పుట్టలూ వున్నవా”English Translation: Are there holes unknown to j ackals, or anthills to snakes ‘!