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ఆంధ్రలోకోక్తిచంద్రిక
671. కూలికి వచ్చి పాలికి మాట్లాడినట్టు.
- He came for hire, and asked for a share [in the business].
- A cool request.
672. కూశే గాడిదె వచ్చి మేశే గాడిదెను చెరిపినది.
- The braying donkey came and spoiled the grazing donkey’s business.
- When the one that was outside brayed, the other that was inside answered and was consequently discovered and driven out of the field.
673. కృతఘ్నునికి చేశిన మేలు.
- Good done to an ungrateful person.
674. కొండంత దూదికి కొండంత నిప్పు యేల.
- Why a mountain of fire to [burn down] a mountain of cotton?
- A little fire burn: up a great deal of corn.
675. కొండంత దేవుణ్ని కొండంత పత్రితో పూజ చేస్తారా.
- Do they offer to a god as great as a mountain, leaves and flowers as much as a mountain?
- A worshipper is accepted according to his faith, not according to greatness of his offering.
676. కొండంత రెడ్డే పోగా పిడికెడు బొచ్చుకు యేడ్చినట్టు.
- When the big Reddi died they wept only for the handful of his hair.
- Indifferent to a great loss, but lamenting over some trifle that went with it.
- Fear not the loss of the bell more than the loss of the steeple.
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