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This proverb describes hypocrisy. It is used to refer to people who pretend to be extremely pious or virtuous through rituals, yet their character and actions (like lying) are deceptive and dishonest.

This expression is used to describe a hypocrite who preaches high moral values and ethics to others but performs harmful or malicious actions in practice. It highlights the disparity between someone's virtuous words and their deceitful deeds.

This proverb emphasizes the importance of progress and upward mobility. It suggests that rising from poverty to wealth is a desirable journey, whereas falling from a high status to a low one is a tragedy. It is used to highlight the value of growth and the hardship of downfall.

This proverb is used to criticize hypocrisy or double standards. It refers to someone who outwardly performs pious acts (like the ritualistic holy baths in the month of Magham) but privately engages in base, immoral, or contradictory behavior. It describes people who maintain a virtuous facade while their actions are unethical.

This is a popular Telugu saying indicating that the winter season officially ends and the weather starts warming up after the festival of Maha Shivaratri. It describes the seasonal transition from winter to spring.

This proverb describes a person who pretends to be very religious, pious, or moral on the outside while engaging in dishonest or deceitful behavior in reality. It is used to point out hypocrisy and the contrast between a person's outward show of devotion and their actual character.

A hypocrite. Much praying, but no piety. Beads about the neck and the devil in the heart. ఛ.

This expression describes hypocrisy, specifically regarding moral or spiritual character. It refers to someone who maintains an outward appearance of holiness or high status (symbolized by saffron robes) while secretly engaging in low, immoral, or contradictory activities (symbolized by entering huts of ill-repute). It is used to call out double standards or fake piety.

This proverb is used to describe hypocrisy. It refers to someone who outwardly pretends to be pious, noble, or strictly religious, but secretly engages in immoral, lowly, or contradictory activities.

This proverb describes a person who makes loud, aggressive threats or boasts (like the loud bleating of a goat) but acts out of cowardice or behaves sneakily when it comes to actual action (hiding in thick, thorny Korinda bushes). It is used to mock someone whose actions don't match their loud words.

This proverb is used to describe a hypocrite who preaches high moral values and sacred principles to others but leads a dishonest, immoral, or low-standard life in private. It highlights the vast difference between a person's words and their actual deeds.