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“Telugu:
చేదు తింటారా చెట్లు కొడతారా”
English Translation:
Are you eating bitter or cutting down trees ?Said of anything easy, or profitable.

— Telugu

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“Telugu:
దొంగ వాకిట మంచము వేశినట్టు”
English Translation:
Putting your bed in the yard of a thief’s house.To watch his doings.Outwitting a crafty man.

“Telugu:
బావ మరిది బ్రతకకోరును, దాయాది చావ కోరును”
English Translation:
Your wife’s brother will wish you to live, your paternal relatives will wish you to die.When a Hindu dies his widow is supported by her relatives, and his portion of the family property goes to his relations on the father’s side. ​

“Telugu:
తన తల్లి చావుకన్నా పిన తల్లి చావు మేలు”
English Translation:
The death of an aunt is better than the death of a mother.