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“Telugu:
గొడ్డువాడు గొడ్డుకు యేడిస్తే, గొడారివాడు తోలుకు యేడ్చినాడు”
English Translation:
When the owner cried for the cow [he had lost,] the shoe maker cried for the hide.It is an ill wind that blows nobody good.

“Telugu:
కొర్రకు నక్కకొర్ర”
English Translation:
Nakkakorra to KorraNakkakorra is the Panicum Helvolum, an inferior grain produced in the hill countries. Korra is the Setaria Italica, a “”farinaceous grain of the millet kind”” (Shakespear’s Hind. Diety. under lllj).Thwarting the evil designs of a bad man by means of a worse.Devils must be driven out with devils. (German.)

“Telugu:
ఒరగబెట్టి తాగేది చెరిచెరా కంచరవాడు”
English Translation:
The brazier has spoilt the dish which before I ate out of slantingly (on account of the hole in it).