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“Telugu:
ఎలుగు మంటికి తండసము తీశినట్టు”
English Translation:
Like pulling a bear’s hairs out with tweezers.An endless business.A cask that will never fill. (Greek)

“Telugu:
పాండవుల వారి సంపాద్యము దుర్యోధనుల వారి పిండా కూళ్లకు సరి”
English Translation:
The wealth gained by the Pândavas was only suffiicient for the funerals of the Duryôdhanas ( Kauravas ).Ill use of well gotten gains.

“Telugu:
చాప చిరిగితే చదరంత అయినా వుండకపోతున్నదా”
English Translation:
Although the mat be torn, will there not be found in it as much as a school boy’s mat ?Cadaru is a very small square mat.Every thing can be brought to some account.Nothing so bad as not to be good for something.