పుట:A Collection of Telugu Proverbs.pdf/84

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TELUGU PROVERBS.

376. ఎక్కడికి పోతావు విధమ్మా అంటే, వెంటనే వస్తాను పదమ్మా అన్నదట.

“Where are you going to Madam Fate?” asked one “ I’ll follow you, go on” she replied.
The evil results of mixing with bad company.

377. ఎక్కితే గుర్రపు రౌతు, దిగితే కాలి బంటు.

If I ride I shall be a trooper, if I dismount I shall be a foot' soldier.
A man who makes himself useful in any position.

378. ఎక్కిన వానికి యేనుగ లొజ్జు.

The elephant is subject to the man who has mounted it.

379. ఎక్కిపోయి పట్టిచూచి దిగివచ్చి రాళ్ల రువ్వినట్టు.

Having mounted [the tree] and felt [the fruit], he came down again and threw stones at it.

380. ఎక్కిరించబోయి వెల్లకిత్తలా పడ్డాడట.

He went to mock, and fell on his back.
He went out shearing and he came home ‘horn.
The biter bit.

381. ఎగదీస్తే బ్రహ్మత్య, దిగదీస్తే గోహత్య.

If I say this, it will be killing a Brahman; if I say that, it will be killing a cow.
Said by a reluctant witness to himself, when called to give evidence regarding a complaint made by a Brahman that another man's cow had grazed in his field.
Being placed in a dilemma. by having to give evidence in a quarrel between two friends.

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