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TELUGU PROVERBS.
478. ఒకరిని యిద్దరిని చంపితేనేగాని, వైద్యుడు కాడు.
- A man is no Doctor until he has killed one or two [patients.]
- (See No. 1259.)
- Said to a bungling tyro.
- If the doctor cures, the sun sees it; if he kills, the earth hides it.
479. ఒక వూరికి వెయ్యి దోవలు.
- There are a thousand ways to a village.
- Every man in his way.
- There are more ways to the wood than one.
480. ఒక్క చెయ్యి తట్టితే, చప్పుడు అవునా.
- If you clap with one hand will there be any sound?
- Nothing can be done successfully by a single person.
- One man is no man. (Latin)[1]
- Two heads are better than one.
- Hand washes hand, and finger finger. (Greek)[2]
481. ఒక్కొక్కరాయి తీస్తూ వుంటే, కొండయినా తరుగుతుంది.
- 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)[3]
- Drop by drop the lake is drained.
482. ఒరగబెట్టి తాగేది చెరిచెరా కంచరవాడు.
- The brazier has spoilt the dish which before I ate out of slantingly (on account of the hole in it).
- (See Nos. 681, 846, 1567.)
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