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It was famous for its prosperity according to some—according to others, for the Tin chastity of its women. 1881. l5c£) Is there a day called tomorrow? Tomorrow comes never. No one has seen lumorroio, (ivmi-uesc. >• 1882. As the Cassia blossoms. Eela chettu is the Cassia ( Cathartocarpus ) Fistula. ( Sec No. 939 . ) * <> dia do junanha nimruem <> vm, ( %-2;> \ es o ^ e5^ I xS o ^ S' . 1883. ^&b. There is no fixed spot to a wheaten cake. i. e. there is no rule for breaking it. 1884. fefeysa. The monkey settled the bread dispute [between two birds, ] by eating it up. ( See No. 1442. ) Swindling others under pretence of arbitration. 1885. 5 rD ^e;'ST 0 ^^o'^ ) ^So^b^b. The beggar of crumbs gets more than the beggar of loaves. 1886. 5^^ £>SA 1§& The bread broke and fell into the ghi. ( See Nos. 195, 1362, 1425, 1430. ) His bread fell into the honey. ( Spanish. )* 1837. 6^^431 -OXdSo S543?%>.' w w Like a rice pounder budding. Said of a hopelessly ignorant fellow. 1888. S' r6 §"0 sSby-o&b Three half-pagodas for a rice pounder. Said of any thing purchased at an exorbitant price. 1889. ^p^7r>zk>. The patient longed for milk, and the doctor too prescribed it. A fortunate coincidence. * Cay<5selc el pan en la miel, ( 326 ) TELUGU PROVERBS. 1890. 6^^ -ijg, "S^So Putting one’s head in the mortar, and then fearing the blow of the pestle. ( See No. 1108.) Undertaking a business and then holding back through fear. The gladiator, having entered the lists, is taking advice. (Latin.)* 1891. 6^oo The rice mortar feels not the famine. ( See No. 354. ) Some grain or other is always pounded in it. Said of a person who is exempted by his position from the loss which falls upon others, or of one who escapes a general misfortune. 1892. 8^<do i5ygejf§^<*3 The mortar complaining to the drum. The mortar is beaten on one side ( by the pestle )—the drum is beaten on both sides. 1893. 200&x>36 A mean-spirited servant is in no danger [ of losing his life. ] 1894. 5^ex) ‘^o<^<3b Like tying the rice-mortar to his neck out of rivalry. Two men were dancing.— One had a drum round his neck ; the other, not to be out-done, hung the mortar round his neck. c. 1895. ^60 PQ Every man that is born in Lanka is a Rakshasa. Coming from a bad stock. * Gladiator in arena consilium capit, ( 327 1 1896. £><d OO A child is a hindrance to a harlot. 1897. ooa -c3<S oooer°ex) Qf>oool3&. OO The changed harlot became an honest woman. Ironical. Chastity gone once, gone for ever. ' \ 1898. <d 02o £)^So e£oa3o£$5b. Who is the father of a harlot’s child 1 1899. O £aST° OOO obaD^rv) 60 & ■^cOO§ Y ^o5<^'5oO, To make swords when the war comes. ( See No. 2069.) 1900. V<&CT>VO X(D ~?T$7^d§ TT>/\ £>0-^00, X<D ef>b l§$Sj. The good looking brother-in-law has red mustaches, the ugly brother-in-law has none at all. 1901. er^S&o I The profit has come into the drums of the ears. A dealer in glu suffering from the ear-ache put a little of it into his ears. This was all his profit. Applied to any unprofitable transaction. 1902. '^£3 a3o<b363&b. • 60 Unless there is something to he gained by it, the Setti will not venture into the river. ( See No* 181* ) t The Scttis and Kovialis are very greedy and very cowardly. People do not risk tlieir lives unless they have some great object to gain by it. TELUCJU PItOVEKKS. 1903. "3 S' "3 S' eT^dSb eT°<b S^oootfa. "When after being long childless, Lok&ya was born to them, Lokaya’s eye was sunken. 1904. ^$cr^-£> c^Soo^ 1 If you see he’s not there, catch him and don’t let him go. Said by a cowardly man to another with reference to a thief. 1905. l§-u>?51§ ^c$5j-°r3£5bo. The antelope has only to rise to be ready for a journey. Said of a man ready to go any where. 1906‘ Xo&lTZS <H)ooo7T° ^ooo. Cs> A blind brother-in-law is better than none at all. ( See Nos. 312, 314, 776.) Better a bare foot than no foot a,t all. Better a blind, horse than an empty halter . (Dutch.)* 1907. 7§£) §)'S5~ D 8^olb “^ooosl iSoex). A rich stingy man is better than a poor liberal man. 1908- "e555“eS£> A bed-ridden mother-in-law and a lazy daughter-in-law. A useless couple. 1909. If I get up, I’ll give it you, iny boy! The story is that a certain custom house official had no legs, but he used to threaten travellers who attempted to evade payment of duty, until the secret was found out. Applied to powerless threats. If you cannot bite, don't show your teeth. * Deter cen Wind paard, dan ecu lcc?e halter, ( 329 ) 42 1910. e5^^o^oo <So5b&\ The secrets of the heart are known to Perumal (Vishnu). * [ God ] knoweth the very secrets of the heart.' Psalm xliv. 21. ( Psalter. ) 1911. £>~§" D tf55bo, 2jooo<b Inwardly bad, outwardly fair. ( See Nos. 1S09, 1810. ) All saint without, all devil within. 1912. T7 T, ex)A'o'S3^er o £x>. CO A miser suffers loss on all sides. False economy. A stingy man is always poor. (French.)* 1913. ^r°vo&>. If you wish to kill a miser, to ask him for a Dabb is sufficient. A Dabbu is one-third of an And ( anna), and is equivalent to a half-penny. 1914. -^> 00 . £ A miser’s property falls to the ldt of the thief. 1915.. You may cover the mouth of a pot but can you cover up the world 1 You may shut one man’s mouth, but you cannot shut the mouth of the world. * Homme chiche jamais riche. ( 330 ) N. / TELUGU PROVERBS. 1916, TP’d&oo 75§o£>o43£) &3^7T°<%o -Oo& 6 TT’cx$bex> t97T^(^4o. When she asked “ What are those crooked pods V 9 they re¬ plied “ The unripe tamarinds you sold in your youth.” The story goes that the daughter of very poor parents who in her youth had to go about selling the unripe tamarinds she was able to gather from under the trees, afterwards became the wife of a rich man. Passing through the streets one day in her grand palankin, she superciliously enquired what a tamarind girl was selling, when her bearers replied as above, “ These are the tamarinds Madam, which you sold in your youth.” , To take one a peg lower. You used to oe a baker though now you wear gloves. (Spanish,)* 1917. £)0~3^cx5b So-D £9&£3"S“ D d& o3o5oX)<3o. Th& gardener knows the taste of the brinjal ; the king knows the taste of the plantain. ( For Brinjal see No. 97.) Brinjals should be cooked and eaten fresh from the garden. Tlantains when used in an unripe state as a vegetable, should be kept a few days. Before the brinjals are set before a king they have lost some of their flavour, and as the gardener cannot afford to keep the plantains he plucks, he cooks them before they are ready for the pot. 1918. es&^k>-5T°;o§ £)£> ^£)<3b. The brinjal gardener is blind, though he sees; the betel gardener is deaf, though he hears. ( For Brinjal see No. 97.— See No. 1278.) In the first case, the gardener bn being asked to give brinjals pretends he cannot find any ; in the second case, the gardener when called to by some one outside the garden for betel pretends he cannot hear.—( Brah- / . t mans and some high caste Sudras are forbidden by their Sdstras to enter a betel garden ). None so deaf as he that won't hear. (French. )f * Panadera erades antes, aunque ahora traeis guantes. f II n'est pire Bouid que celui qui ne veut pas entendre. ( 331 ) 1919. S)ok 0olT S^Tex)^) o3oo<^ ;5e)§ ?>)^fi>. ' oo The dinner is quite ready, the paddy merely requires another drying. Paddy is an Anglo Indian term for rice in the husk. A hasty and ridiculous answer. 1920. s5oaf^£> C5<SbSo •£oo£so, e>d&SSo So<§. "^oiSb. - £ The lady who cannot cook seeks for much praise; the gentleman who cannot earn his livelihood is a great eater. He earns a farthing and has a penn' orth of thirst, (Dutch.)* 1921. t&o&v Soo^eT® sSS" Sa&'i S543 &h> 1£££Sx>. Taking one grain out of the pot and feeling [whether it is soft or not ]. One action tells wliat a man is worth. From one circumstance judge of all, (Latin. )t You may judge of Herlcs from his foot. (Latin, n 1922. zSotio&r* c^odi7T° S5r&>c$^& £f>0"to, When he said “[The sight of] your cooking makes me sick,” she replied “ Please stay and eat your dinner before you go.” 1923. ^5X-u)'r5Axr^> Pretend to condole when you cauterize. 1924. o5tfos£r*& s5o-^d& '?SX£oodo£S>. V The feigning brinjal shrunk into half its size, when there was no he^it. Simulating fear. * Hij verdient een’ stuiver cn heeft wel voor een’ braspenning dorst. t Ex uno specta omnia. | Ex pede Hereulem, ( 332 ) TELUGU 1‘ltOVKRBS. 1925. ^5/V) &s5s5oo Like the fury of a weak monkey. ( See No. 1538. ) Impotent rage. 1926. £>-u£y-3 ' s5&o"& Will the result of your deeds go away at your bidding 1 ( See No. 287. ) 1927. sS-Qytf S^£T§ S^eSoKJ^S. It will go the way it came. So got, so gone. Lightly come, lightly go, III got, ill spent. 192S. S$-£y5 -^£0 -tf-q^TT 0 S^25b. Calumny is not removed even by death. ( See No. 1395. ) Slander leaves a slur. Give a dog an ill name, and you may as well hang him. 1929. ”5r°&§ zSti&o tt’S) "^coo ~i>-£r°&>. I will grant a boon to those who come, and cast a stone on those who do not come. Supposed to have been said by a deity. Used threateningly by a great personage. 1930. £-6^ !r°£) s5x°4oex> &>-D, £p§ ^yp6"£) ^pSoTV’oSb So€), The half articulated words [ of children ] are pleasant [ to the ear] and half pickled vegetables to the taste. f 333 es 1931. ~^oZ$x> 4^73^, sS-Cjytf ^°o55co "^oex). The past is better than the future. “ The good old times.” to 1932. ^^ISer 0 tt°£), sJPcSoglSer 0 ofr 6 *). Let what is to come come, and what is past be past. Let bygones be bygones. 1933. s5god3l S^-Og -CSO^.