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TELUGU PROVERBS.

1746. ముండా కాదు, ముత్తయిదా కాదు.

Neither a widow, nor a married woman.

Said by a man kept in suspense, neither granted nor refused a request, and not knowing whether he was to be as fortunate as a married woman or as unfortunate as a widow.

1747. ముంతెడు నీళ్లకే జడిస్తే, బానెడు నీళ్లు యెవరు పోసుకొంటారు.

If you take fright at a cupful of water, who will bathe with a boilerful?

1748. ముంతెడు పాలకు, ముత్యమంత చేమిరి.

A drop of buttermilk, the size of a pearl, to a whole pailful of milk.

(See No. 335.)

A little leaven leavens a great mass. (French.)^[1]

"A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump." I Corinthians v. 6.

1749. ముందర పల్లము, వెనక మిట్ట.

In front a ditch, behind a mound.

(See No.1751.)

A precipice ahead, wolves behind. (Latin)^[2]

To be between the horns of a dilemma.

1750. ముందర వున్నది ముసళ్ల పండగ.

The old men's feast is still to come.

i. e. burial.

Said of greater troubles still to be borne.

Peu de levain algrit grand pâté.

A fronte praecipitium, a tergo lupi

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