“Telugu:
తిన్నయింటి వాసాలు యెన్నేవాడు”
English Translation:
A man that counts the rafters of his benefactor’s house.A story is told of a man who counted the rafters, &c., of a house in order that he might take possession of it and found his claim to it on this knowledge. Hence the term is applied to a person basely attempting to swindle another, who had befriended him, out of his property.All’s lost that’s put into a riven dish.