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“Telugu:
ఇచ్చి పుచ్చుకొని మొగుడి వీపెల్లా తడివినట్టు”
English Translation:
She gave it, took it back again, and looked on her husband’s back for it.

“Telugu:
చెల్లీ చెల్లడములకు శెట్టిగారు వున్నారు”
English Translation:
The Setti is here to test the genuineness.A fool travelling with a Setti [merchant] was plundered. On the robbers’ questioning the genuineness of the coin, the man referred to his rich friend who had up to that time escaped their observation.To injure a friend unwittingly, from stupidity.

“Telugu:
నీ వత్తుపణం పాడుగానూ, నా వొరుపణం కుప్పలు కుప్పలు పెట్టు”
English Translation:
Ruin take your ten fanams, put my one fanam in heaps.The words Paltu papam and Oru papam are Tamil.Said by a. Telugu man, ignorant of Tamil, who was owed one fanam, and owed ten.