అత్త చస్తే కోడలు యేడ్చినట్టు.

This proverb highlights the irony and hypocrisy in society. It suggests that people often make a big fuss over trivial or common occurrences (like a crow's death) but remain indifferent to the genuine suffering or demise of an unfortunate, isolated individual who has no influence or wealth.

This proverb describes a situation where someone feigns sympathy or performs a fake reaction out of obligation or fear, rather than genuine emotion. It refers to hypocritical behavior where a person pretends to be upset about something that actually benefits them or that they are secretly indifferent to, similar to 'crocodile tears'.

This proverb describes a situation where someone with a minor or insignificant loss (or no loss at all) makes a much bigger scene than the person who suffered a genuine, significant loss. It is used to mock those who overreact or feign distress for attention when they have little at stake compared to others.

This proverb is used to describe a situation where someone is being incredibly selfish or insensitive, focusing on their own inappropriate or secondary desires while others around them are suffering from a basic, urgent crisis.

* Chi l'ha per natura, fin alla fossa dura.

This proverb describes a situation where there is a stark contrast between basic needs and superficial desires. It is used when someone asks for luxuries or trivial things while another person is struggling for basic survival or facing a serious crisis.

This proverb is used to describe a person who searches for something everywhere when it is already within their possession or reach. It highlights the irony of being unaware of the resources one already has while complaining about a lack of results (since ghee is made by melting butter).

This proverb highlights that certain events are naturally communal or specific in nature. It implies that social rituals and ceremonies require the support and happiness of those involved. If the immediate family is unhappy during a festival, the neighbors unhappy during a memorial, or the village unhappy during a wedding, such an event cannot truly take place or be successful. It emphasizes the importance of social harmony and collective approval in traditional ceremonies.

At the new moon the Hindus abstain from eating rice in the evening, but take care to make up for it with other good things ; at the Taddina ( ceremony on the anniversary of a deceased relative's death ) the neighbours are feasted ; and to a marriage the whole village is invited.

This proverb describes a situation where one person is mourning a great loss while another person is only interested in how they can selfishly profit from that tragedy. It highlights the contrast between genuine grief and cold-hearted opportunism.

It is an ill wind that blows nobody good.

This proverb describes a situation where different people have completely different priorities based on their self-interest. While one person is suffering a deep emotional loss (the death of a child), another person involved is only concerned with their own petty material gain or professional fee (the cost of the burial). It is used to highlight human selfishness or the lack of empathy in business transactions during tragic times.

Crows bewail the dead sheep and then eat them.

This expression is used to describe a situation where someone experiences a massive, significant loss but ignores it and instead worries or complains about a trivial, insignificant loss. It highlights a lack of perspective or misplaced priorities during a crisis.