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“Telugu:
పులిని జూచి నక్క వాత పెట్టుకొన్నట్టు”
English Translation:
The jackal branded himself with spots like a tiger.Vulgar display.Apeing one’s superiors.

— Telugu

Related Mantras

“Telugu:
కూడూ గుడ్డా అడగకపోతే, బిడ్డను సాకినట్టు సాకుతాను అన్నాడట.”,”
,English Translation:
If you don’t ask me for food and raiment I will care for you as my own child.Good words and no deeds are rushes and reeds.Fair words butter no parsnips.

“Telugu:
ధనియాల జాతి”
English Translation:
The coriander-seed caste.Said of Komatis (No. 712 ) because treating a Komati roughly is the only way of dealing with him, as rubbing the coriander-seed before it is sown is the only way of making it sprout.

“Telugu:
ఎలుక చావుకు పిల్లి మూర్ఛపోనా”
English Translation:
Will the cat faint at the death of the rat?Indifference.