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( See No. 10. ) 247. 7V°<3b, 7V 3 £b, $p><bSb^ §gro^3§ He doesn’t pay, hang him, but he comes for every meal. Said by a cateress, of a customer who was more regular in his attendance than in his payments. 248. q'^o3“ D £^ xb^N^i^IgTT 0 I§x5b35b. Even a dying man will rise up when he sees a liberal person. With the hope of receiving something from him. 249. 35^3^3-^ 35gb, xb^^^i 35bo35 gb. You need not take a bond from a man who is willing to pay, nor administer medicine to one who has made up his mind to die. ( 44 ) TELUGU PROVERBS. 250. oooftbSb, ooo0^T , o5ex> qS)ex>Kx>. For sweet vegetable [ take your ] “ plain significations,” and for acid [ take your ] “ deep meanings.” The reply of the wife of a logician ( who would pay no attention to household matters and had given her no means of providing food ) when he grumbled at the bad fare. 251. Is this done wantonly or with an object 1 252. ^)0 When one said “ Here’s a tiger!” the other said “ And there’s his tail!” Rivaling each other in exaggeration. Capping a long-bow man. 253. atfsS -^3). ~ OOQ 7 oco ^ Grains of iron, not of black gram. ( Sec Nos. 737, 1233, 1729, 1757. ) The pulse spoken of is the Phaseolus Roxburgh^!. Said of a puzzling passage or a jawbreaking verse. 254. S5£b5Sx> S'81^-S" 6 &> oox^Xoiis^ What is there for flies in the place where iron is melted 1 A place where nothing is to be got. 255. &(b 5 ^cxog The hand which has a bit of iron, the itch, or a bit of cane in it, never remains quiet. ( 45 ) 256. $f>^§ The fire suffers the blows of the sledge-hammer for the sake of the hot iron. ( See Nos. 1240, 1940. ) Being drawn into difficulties by one’s associates. 257. £)8Ali £b^Kx> £>SAlf eJ&g'&-®<&£b. If iron he broken it may be united, but if friendship be broken it cannot be healed. Broken friendship may he soldered, hut never made sound. (Spanish.)* 258. ^8§ oooodS - ^^^ After living so long he died at the back of his house. A miserable end. 259. oar°tfc5 73 S' £>T3tt°. Must we search for the smell of the Ippa flower 1 ( Sec Nos. 371, 515, 571, 573, C32, 924, 1475, 1494.) The flowers of the Ippa tree ( see No. 236 ) have a very strong smell. 260. oooe>o ' (V) / oJ By rivalry a house is ruined, by rheumatic pains the body is worn out. 261. ^ere:>Sf7Y°l5 'ZSoZSX Is smearing the house always the sign of a feast 1 A)nip> uuebrurtu solitudes 111:1^ bunca r 4(i \ TELUGU PRO VERBS, 262. 90“°oo ^cl£>ooo~lL oooo£3 Sooo3oS 6 nS&oo. ' co Cs> 1 If the mistress of the house he blind,- all the pots will be broken. Without supervision things will go to ruin. When the gude wife's aiva', the keys are tint, (scotch.) 263. soo £kr^o, %io cl -tih “ CO CO 1 CO Try building a house, try making a marriage. An expense greater than contemplated. Building and the marrying of children are great wasters. 264, qvo 7T° ^~£> S'sSysr 0 7T>£gl6 <37T>^cS&. When the Jangam was told that the house had caught fire, he replied “I have my bag and bowl with me.” ( For Jangam bog No. UJ. ) Selfish indifference. 265. 900 ‘s^oo~£5boa7r D *£T>xp oo * oo Like pulling the rafters out of a burning house. A clumsy expedient. 266. b'-C^ TxOD-bbT^r. Will he who cannot rule his own house, rule in the council 1 He ivho has no voice in the valley, will have none in the council. (Spanish. >• * (y.uon u* aprieta on valiejo, noapriita cu eonk'b'* ( 47 ) 0 i-u) o^,X. 267. 03 ooooi3- 53 ^ 7 ^ex) ^&£ r /l)g9r D £<b. He got into the house and counted the rafters. Preparatory to laying a false claim to it, and adducing his intimate knowledge as a proof that the building was his own. ( See Nos. 636/665, 1077, 1073, 1079, 1850. ) Swindling. 268. ^03 tf-xoolb, oooer°(5o ©8A When he was asked to walk round the house he walked round the shed. 269. 9oo aoo~7? e>S£7V°8§ dSx>X£x> g3ocT^ §^<£ 00 . J CO ._D A daughter-in-law who swallows the age (Yuga ) to a mother-in-law who swallows the house. ( See No. 703. ) o 270. 9} 00 coo^ J _^>o, e3oo The house is small, and the wife like a monkey, A double difficulty. 271. £? ex) oooSoXr^ £p$oXr= c&>sf^ OO "&3b. There is no new moon which the household regrets; nor, annual ceremony, the neighbours; nor marriage, the whole village. ( See No. 238. ) At the new moon the Hindus abstain from eating rice in the evening, but take care to make up for it with other good things ; at the Taddina (ceremony on the anniversary of a deceased relative’s death) the neighbours are feasted ; and to a marriage the whole village is invited. 272. £?03 lie pulled his house to pieces and built a Pandili [ with the materials ]. (For Pandili see Nn. 6K) Said of an arrant fool. ( 48 ) TELUUU PROVERBS. 273. £500 ZdtSo'^jv ^)07T , tfs$co, ^ooXd^o o ^o7V°fo5bo. Putting on fine clothes when turned out of the house; adorning the threshold when driven out by the husband. Trying to please when too late. 274. 300 "S $ £ot) e>o1b, tt 5 S^^gj5co^o§^_^e)^ When a Nambi was told to get out of the house, he asked for his glebe-land. (Sue Nos. 3G0, 1304, 1321. ) Nambi is a priest in a Vishnu temple. Effrontery. 275. s? e3%_ Qs &z>&- Getting on the roof [ of a thatched house ] and whirling a ■firebrand. 276. q~3er° §^43~§, 5^a?o "^oSoyo c5j. ' 00 00 eo eo ^ When the whole house was knocked down, the tiles did not fill a basket. ( Sue Xus. 230, 613. 1250, 1342, 1706. ) Appearances arc deceitful. 277. al§ o, •sr’tfrr 0 #, tftio'ij H<ir°76 o. ' CO Cp 3 Q- My house is my holy place ; my threshold is Benares; my belly is my heaven. Said by an irreligious man. “ Whose God is their belly.'* Philippians iii. 18. 278. gs$#e> "*3?5", Kjci Tib ~u~°o$5 o ^zi^oSx). On this side is capture, on that side is sorrow, in the middle is the kingdom of .Llama. ! <: V . 16- 1611, H67. ) 7 f W ) 279 . ga&JO "^ooo^i -c 5 o&. One obstinate man who wouldn’t give and another who wouldn’t take a refusal. 280 . 00000^ Like taking possession of the whole house, when asked to come in for a while. ( See No. 923. ) Give a rogue an inch and he will take an ell. (Danish.)* \ 281 . SJ&g' -i>Sz Cheating with sand, cheating with cowdung. ( See No. 1744. ) Two travellers met : one had a bundle of sand, the other a bundle of cowdung ; one said his bundle contained raw rice, the other that his con¬ tained boiled rice. They agreed to exchange, and immediately ran off in different directions, each to find himself outwitted by the other. ( See story 54, in Telugu Selections ). One trick is met by another. (Spanish.)! 282. £}& ^c*5bK5£bo, I gave cakes and took cakes. ( See No. 290.) Vayanam is a gift of cakes, &c., to a Brahman. Taking as much as you give. To one toho has a pie in the oven you may give a bit of your cake. (French. )t 283. ctesb, iS^i ~^oo. If a man gives, he will not be ruined; when a man dies v he carries nothing with him. Give and spend, and God vjill send. , The charitable give out at the door , and God puts in at the window. “ When he dieth he shall carry nothing aioay. ,) Psalm xlix. 17. * Giv Skalken et Spam!, han tnger vel licel Alen. t Con una cautela otrn sc quiebra. + A eelni qui a son pale' an four on pout Homier He sou toiteau, ( .*sn ) TELUGU PROVERBS. 284. 1bo<S 3 -^^j^Soex). If you give, [ I shall consider there is ] a marriage [ in your house] and if you don’t give, a funeral. ( See Nos. 243, 1510. ) The impertinent speech of a beggar. -^8. 285. £fo£3§ cxxr^ IS^ex) Are these eyelids distant from this eye ? (See Nos. 119, 1741.) Applied to any thing which can easily be tested by actual observation. 286. oooe), ^^SboSo 200 qS)&Dci$b. No food for a fly nor offering for a snake. (See Nos. 364, 1968, 2027. ) Said of a miser’s house. Ye'll Irak your neck as soon as your fast i' his house. (Scotch.) 2 8 *7. $§ -c5 R) zS 05 cSd 'tf od o -0 c$ £vX?. Doing with this hand, and receiving the reward with that. Said of the certain result of either a good or bad deed. As you sow you shall reap. As you make your led, so you must lie on it. 288. £>oo-u)£> !§£&. V When a man has to swim it matters not what the depth is. When a man determines to face his difficulties nothing dauntsisim. ( See No. 289. ) Over shoes, over loots. 11 is all the same whether a man has both legs in the stocks or one. (German.)* * .vrit beklen Bcinen im Stock, odor init Eincni, i*t -leicliviel. / VI) 289. -^£>§0 SJoo-Qk) VBb^g^oo-^ "Sod, There is no greater depth to the man who is obliged to swim nor poverty to him who is reduced to a clout. ( h— SO. 2^. ) Reduced to tlie last extremity. 290. ooo-q^ ev 3 'ab^o. A man who gives a date stone and takes a palmyra nut. ( SV.J N<>. 2'>2. ) A Ita is the wild date ( Phoenix Sylvcstris ). T<cjn i.s the Palmyra ( Borassus Flabcllii'ormis ). Offering a gift of slight value lor the purpose of gaining a rich present. Throw in a sprat to catch o salmon. 291. -t £;-zroo C5 “m 7T° , S B Cr; ■*.r'• oo. eo 7 co If you even drink milk under a date tree they will say it’s toddy. P'U j:n o y .. , People arc judged by the company'they keep. Tell hie fin: ctnnpany you kt.ep, an*! I'll (til yon v:hn( u f, u at Front u cl* at spriitrj etrur n'uitt Jlou s , t j p 2 9 2. e >o S) l ft £f c s. - e.) xa)i. lie is at the age when lie ran tread on and break a date- ; P i /:: •••• ‘jf-i, ) Said of an unruly sramp. > i -r r >/ ,\) A hen be went to swim, then 1 was not. enough water to drink Disappointed b-*pes. rcnor i> uov Kites. 2 9 ). £* /V -D K;h~oo pA5b le watclied [ the field ] until the harvest, and then let it go to the jackals.