“Telugu: తడిశి ముప్పందుం మోశినట్టు”English Translation: Like carrying 30 Tums (750 lbs.) when you’re wet. — Telugu Related Mantras “Telugu: కలబంద యెండూ, కోడలి కొత్తా లేదు”English Translation: There is no dryness in the aloe, nor newness in a daughter-in-law.A daughter-in-law is never a stranger. “Telugu: కొండమంగలి గొరిగినట్టు”English Translation: As the hill-barber shaves.The pilgrims who visit the sacred hill of Tirupati have to be shaved before entering the temple. The barbers in their greediness to secure customers are said to keep numbers round them half shaven, leaving off one to commence another.Dabbling in many things, but completing none. “Telugu: ఎలుకమీది కోపాన యింటికి చిచ్చు పెట్టుకొన్నట్టు”English Translation: Like getting angry with a rat and setting fire to one’s house.Burn not your house to fright away the mice.