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“Telugu:
తల్లి పుట్టిల్లు మేనమామ వద్ద పొగడినట్టు”
English Translation:
Will you boast of your mother’s family before your maternal uncle ?

“Telugu:
అడుగులోనే హంసపాదా”
English Translation:
What! a caret in the commencement ?Said by a man to an ignorant scribe who, in writing the customary invocation “”Sri Ramarajya”” at the heading of a letter, omitted a syllable.Blundering at the very beginning of any business.He who begins ill finishes worse. (Italian.)Well begun is half done.

“Telugu:
గుర్రానికి తోక వుంటే తానే విసురుకొంటుందిగాని, సావిట్లో వుండే గుర్రాలకన్నిటికీ విసురుతున్నదా”
English Translation:
If the horse has a tail, it drives away its own flies; does it drive away the flies from all the horses in the stable ?Said when a selfish person is exalted.An ill man in oflice is a mischief to the public.