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“Telugu:
నాకోడీ కుంపటీ లేకపోతే, యేలాగు తెల్లవారుతున్నది”
English Translation:
If it were not for my cock and chafing-dish, how would the world go round’!(sum. 150.)A story is told of an old woman who fancied that the crowing of her cock woke the whole village, and that all the inhabitants were dependent on her for fire.Daylight will come, though {he cock do not crow. (Dmhh. )’

“Telugu:
పూతకు ముందే పురుగు పట్టినది”
English Translation:
Worm eaten before blossoming.( See No. 1487.)Premature. Precocious.

“Telugu:
ధైర్యములేని రాజు, యోచనలేని మంత్రి”
English Translation:
A king without courage, a minister without judgment.