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683. కొండమంగలి గొరిగినట్టు.

As the hill-barber shaves.

(See No. 1087.)

The pilgrims who visit the sacred hill of Tirupati have to be shaved before entering the temple. The barbers in their greediness to secure customers are said to keep numbers round them half shaven, leaving off one to commence another.

Dabbling in many things, but completing none.

684. కొండ మింగే వానికి గోపురము అడ్డమా.

Will a man that swallows a mountain care for a Gopuram?

(See Nos. 447, 778, 1008.)

Gopuram is the tower over the gate of a Hindu temple.

685. కొండ మీద దెబగుబలేమంటే, కోమట్ల రహస్యాలు అన్నట్టు.

When asked what the row on the hill was, they said “ The Komatis’ secrets.”

(See Nos. 47, 595, 1521.)

The secret of Anchuelos. (spanish)^[1]

686. కొండమీదినుంచి పడ్డ వానికి గాయములు యెన్ని.

How many are the wounds of a man who has fallen from the top of a hill?

A man inured to difliculties.

687. కొండ యెక్కేవాని మొలను కొడవలి చెక్కినట్టు.

Like a sickle carried in the waist of a man climbing up a hill.

An additional danger and difficulty.

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1. El secreto de Anchuelos. (See Kelly’s “ Proverbs of all Nations" p. 178.)