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“Telugu:
ఇంటివాణ్ని లేపి దొంగచేతికి కట్టె యిచ్చినట్టు”
English Translation:
Like waking the master, and giving the thief a stick.To hold with the hare, and hunt with the hounds.

“Telugu:
తాతా సంక్రాంతి పట్టు పట్టు”
English Translation:
O grandfather! Sankranti [has arrived] catch it! catch it!Sankranti is the transit of the sun from Sagittarius to Capricornus, when the Hindus celebrate the Pongal feast-This is chaff; old people observe the feast very scrupulously.

“Telugu:
కోడలు కొడుకును కంటానంటే, వద్దనే అత్తగారు ఉన్నదా”
English Translation:
When a daughter-in-law says that she is about to bring forth a son, is there any mother-in-law who says “Don’t”? i.e. wish the child to be a daughter.Will any one refuse to receive a benefit ?