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“Telugu:
అగ్నిలో మిడత పడ్డట్టు”
English Translation:
Like a grass-hopper jumping into the fire (flame).To try, they say, to extinguish it.Applied to rash acts. ​

“Telugu:
నాలికా నాలికా వీపుకు దెబ్బలు తేక”
English Translation:
0 Tongue! Tongue! don’t bring strokes on my back.The tongue talk: at the head’: cost. Let not the tongue utter what the head must [mg for. (Bpan’uh. )~

“Telugu:
కత్తి తీశి కంపలో వేశి యేకు తీశి పొడుచుకుంటానన్నట్టు”
English Translation:
Like a man throwing away the knife and threatening to kill himself with a flock of cotton.Saying and doing are two things.