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/ cOJ^OO, £J^C ,§0 To keep an elephant [ a man requires] a country, to keep a horse a village, and to keep a slie-buftalo a maid. 439. <£)<3bX§6 ’^o‘s^ r _dt5oex> e^b ey”°b. A wood apple is very small in an elephant’s throat. A very easy matter. 440. £)<3bX boSo -^cr^5o fesT*. CO, Will the thirst of an elephant [he quenched ] by the water which drops from the eaves 1 441. <£)£oXa5o ^Sx^-u) '^oo&A^bD. Like dogs barking at an elephant. (Sec So. 68*.) 442. c6^dA"^>o cSo&oe; 2xbeA o5)0-£) TSeko 1b £3 ■53o£bW e>o<b-£b. He tells me to put the elephant into the cotton basket, to place the basket on his head, and to lift him up. i;. a Vci-. small hand Cask-t. Being asked u, iu iti j uuer impos-ribilifey.. TELUGU PROVERBS, 443. <£)<3&r>^§3 &cX5b&b. The man who has mounted an elephant will not be afraid at the bark of a dog. He who is in favor with the great will not fear the enmity of the mean. 444. £>&X Kb^SSboeS Soefo. Even when the elephant lies down he is as high as the horse. ( See No. 1805. ) A man much superior to another. 445. <£)<3oX £>ooA£ ~3<dX Soo&b s5 &o. Like a wood-apple swallowed by the elephant. ( See No. 798. ) It is swallowed whole, and is said to be found afterwards empty though unbroken. Said of a person in an influential position who does not benefit others. 446. S^cSq r&>c^s5bo Like asking a man on an elephant for some chunam. His hand cannot be reached. (For chunam see No. 2114.) 447. &&>Xoo b&X<oo To the man that eats elephants, corpses are as pastry. ( See No*. 681, 773, 1008. ) A thoroughly bad man won’t stick at trifles. 448. <£> 8'igyT 0 Whatever work is neglected, eating is not forgotten U ( 81 ) & o ^ § %5 o gf. 449. <5 c&o ttz $ x ) ~fl0cs£>£b. What snake it is, and what hole it lives in, we don’t know. Said of persons whose abilities are not yet known. 450. e)^2§ e>o■&>, “s^e;o TH>d&e§ “What, 0 Appaji! [is to be done V 9 said the king] “As occasion requires, 0 king!” replied [ the minister ]. { See Nos* 422, 455.) 451. <£)£>o £f>olb, &7T^<X<iD, When Polisetti was asked how he was getting on, he replied “ I am in trouble as usual,” 452. £s>a-o a5o§^_8 oSTT’tib. Not knowing what to do, he began to mimic others. 453. o5o^j~° gj(v) <xx^ &5 c^d oTV 3 ^)o5oo, X 0Ai\) o5b So s £§ 0 c^)O Weeping is the ornament of a poor woman, embonpoint is the ornament of a rich woman. 454. <5SXj- 0 e3&Se>3 cxk)X%) s5<£l§, e^Sooo ^)rsA The leaf dishes which were empty rose up high; those that were full remained steady. ( See Nos. 502, 1274. ) The conceit of little knowledge, the humility of true learning. Shao.l icaters male the maist din. f S 9 / { Scotch .) TELUGU PROVERBS. 455. £> cSoo a£o £3 fVtiofo Z$133o. SO The umbrella must suit the hour of the day. ( See Nos. 42, 450. ) Suitable to the occasion. 456- £<1\ i^ooex) Like a thorn piercing the beak of a bird that was picking up food. Losing the only means of support. 457. £ob eo Like the flood subsiding. Perfect stillness after a tumult. 4fter a storm comes a calm. 458. £)5b £),&, 0^000(5^. v — 7 eo As the river sleeps. Smooth waters run deep. There is no worse water than that which sleeps. < French. )* 459. <S5o ^yj~°~di^o e)7o, sc&b^ ?0 l '~o^o <bc6DoQ>. When the river goes down a cubit, the water in the field goes down a fathom. If you lose a little in the favor of the great, you sink four times as much ; n the estimation of the people. 460. £)So o3oo^ -zr& 7T° §6^._§6 svhgo Let the river flow ever so abundantly, the dog only gets what it can lap up. A servant neglected by a master liberal to strangers. * II n’y a vivo eau quo l'eau qui dort. ( b3 s / 461. £>3o -C5o§" S^ccotfkp. She took off her cloth and put it under her arm, while the river was still seventy miles off. ( See Noa. 1208, 1696.) Vo not strip before bed time. (French.)* 462. <£>£>£5 ""ScXSboo vjXozx) s$&'1b. Day and night are one to the [ Supreme ] Ruler. “ The darkness and the light are both alike to Thee.” Psalm cxxxix. 12. 463. £>OD§^£'sr , o536 $yp>& ~£^)7V V £>, <gp^> ~£-5T°. There are no villages to rule over, hut are there not villages to beg in 1 Said by a beggar refused alms. 464. £>€^3 ^ogb $J*Th5&a, &&& S^lMsto. * If the master’s ox he lost what is it [to the servant?]. If the watchman’s eye be lost what is it [ to the master 1 ]. 80 . 465. SD^TT°g£)§ &o3s$X) "£&>. There is no limit to riches. 466- £)kr ^poookp. Either one way or the other. ( See No. 472.) ( Corrupted from the Hindustani.) * II nc faut point se d<$pouiller avant de sc coucher, ( 84 ) TELUGU PROVERBS. 8b. 467. 2bod3§ o3-°g§ Like buying and bringing a disease with which the body not troubled. Wilfully bringing trouble on one’s sell. 468. 2jo£ 3§ 13o£3§ '^p5o^T t> . Will the woman who cannot bear one [ trouble ] bear two (See Nos. 1138, 1324.) 469. 2j& <^5bo^r°^ They eat of one dish and sleep on one bed. ( See Nos. 1283, 1949.) Extreme intimacy. They are hand and glove. 470. 2j& -S”°2£>, dSo^r 0 ~s~ v d^o. One eye is no eye, one son is no son. 471. 2o& §"oKo~eb Will the morning dawn after dreaming one dream 7 After one trouble, think not that you have passed through all. 472. 13 13osi $Sx>£fr_zx>. One blow and two pieces. ( See No. 466. ) To give a direct answer and settle a matter one way or the other. ( 85 ) 473. &r°<T° s5j^<bo ^tt°. A hundred one by one, or a hundred at once ? Said in doubt of a person’s liberality, as the “ hundred” promised would probably turn out to mean only one. 474. 2j^ 7^rXs$&s$x>& rB ~3X-s^<D$£). With one day’s acting, all his mustaches were burnt off. By standing too near the torches which are used to light up the figures of the performers, and on which powdered resin is thrown., ( See Nos. 95, 134, 396. Said of a clumsy novice. 475. ZjsTJ^tio ~qy o tfzrd 1 One day holding ( fasting); one day breaking fast. ( See No. 476. ) A precarious subsistence. Change of fortune is the lot of life. To-day a king, to-morrow nothing. (French.)* 476. Zj^7T°dSo £)oc£>, tfSTT’eSb <£bo£b. One day a feast, one day medicine. ( See No. 475.) One day favor, one day disfavor. To-day in finery, to-morrow in filth. (German.u 477. §^0£>o! z$s ooK)&, ^£>!§£>o§ c§odl~£) <XoS S^oooKiS. By weeping at the good fortune of another he lost one eye, and by weeping at his own ill fortune he lost the other. * Aujourd ’hui roi, domain rien. t Hout’ im Putz, moreen im Schmutz. ( 80 ) TELTJGU PROVERBS, 478. ooogj&£> *c5o£flM7r ) £), A man is no Doctor until he has killed one or two [ patients.] ( See No. 1259. ) Said to a bungling tyro. If the doctor cur6Sf the sun sees it / zf Jic Jails ^ the ccuth hales it* -H9. ZjS" ^p>8§ 'SocoS S^s5ew.- There are a thousand ways to a village. Every man in his way. There are more ways to the wood than one. 480. ^ooog -tfsSy&b &$7r>. If you clap with one hand will there he any sound 1 Nothing can be done successfully by a single person. One man is no man. (Latin. >• Two heads arc better than one. Hand washes hand, and finger finger. (Greek.) \ 481. 2j§^° k_5jj_.Tr 0 exo bzxn> ^5jo~eb, o^cooTT^ , If you remove stone by stone, even a mountain will be levelled. You must pluck out the hairs of a horse's tail one by one. (Latin.); Drop by drop the lake is drained. 482. 2b 8X13 43 00 The brazier has spoilt the dish which before I ate out of slantingly (on account of the hole in it). (See No*. 681, 846, 1567.) * Unus vir nullua vir. f Xsig aeiga vIttisi, dtixTvXdg re ddmvlov. t Candae piloa, equino paulatim oportet evellere. ( 7 ) 483. 2j&> zSoXcSofo ~s^D 13 d1Zj&Z>o §"o Q>ZT s oDoX)tf&. co —4 eo The lazy woman complained that he* toe-rings pinched her. ( See Nos. 150, 1214, 1829, 2031, ) Idle folks lack no excuses. 484. 2j^> oT°-Q< 6 !3h e>£> £f>clAli, e>£) CO Cs> CO -33^-Dk5S) VTr^dikJ. “ Well, swollen-bodied Eeddi! how do you sell your paddy V 9 “ The want of it alone has made my whole body swell,” he replied. The Hindus believe that longing for any desired object causes the legs and face to swell. 485 . bo, <£bK 5 "^>SX£> SV> CO ’ CO ^ ^ Is there any inspiration which makes a man unaware of his own actions 1 Is there any lie not known to him that utters it 1 486. Xoe$ Like one who does not know the alphabet attempting multiplication. (See Nos . 304, 2021. ) 487. &j£*ex> wo’an ^roo^S), ”^p^er D Ships come on carts ; carts come on ships. When ships are broken up, the pieces are carried on carls. Good and ill fortune follow each other. ( ) TELUGU PROVERBS. 488. kjtSo -^y°ci o~£j, S'o-Cbo One said “ Loss, loss !” the other replied “ A hole in the dish.” A A pun on the word Odu . 489. 2jo<b;0^><3b e5<^£><% ~£>&. There is nothing which an invalid will not ask for; and there is nothing which an envious man will not say. 490. &o^5£)’S3n 5 ©§ £)e) £5o^&,oo. The lazy man looks upon those as his parents who say “ Don’t [ work ].” An idler is delighted at every interruption. 491. Lt) bjh zStio ^o-CSb, l§7^3b, Obi^ Obi, you pound the rice, and I’ll shake my sides. ( i. e. imitate the action of pounding). ( See No. 388. ) Applied to an idle skulk, who pretends to be always busy. Lazy folks take the most pains. 492. LsoXejo With patience, Orugallu will become a city. ( For Orugallu see No. 1971, ) Rome was not built in a day. 493 . tih $r>zr 8>. When the envious woman put fire in her waist, her clothes were burnt and the mat screen also. (Sec Nos. 53, 386, 1562. > Causing one’s own ruin through envy, I 9 f K9 ) <3 0<&,SV 494. 13<§ £>)0& -i5-&^ "-S8^3<3o.