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“Telugu:
చావా చావనివ్వడు, బ్రతకా బ్రతకనివ్వడు.”,”
,English Translation:
He will neither allow me to die nor to live.Perpetual worrying.

“Telugu:
నల్లిని గూర్చి మంచానికి పెట్లు”
English Translation:
Beating a bedstead on account of the bugs.( Sc: Nos. 256, I910.)

“Telugu:
చెల్లీ చెల్లడములకు శెట్టిగారు వున్నారు”
English Translation:
The Setti is here to test the genuineness.A fool travelling with a Setti [merchant] was plundered. On the robbers’ questioning the genuineness of the coin, the man referred to his rich friend who had up to that time escaped their observation.To injure a friend unwittingly, from stupidity.