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This expression is used to describe a situation where there is a total loss, or when something is completely hollow, empty, or useless despite appearances. It implies that everything has gone down the drain or that the entirety of a matter results in nothingness.

This expression is the Telugu equivalent of 'As you sow, so shall you reap.' It implies that a person must face the consequences of their actions, whether good or bad. It is often used in a moral or karmic context to suggest that one cannot escape the results of their deeds.

This proverb is used to describe someone who becomes arrogant or acts like an expert immediately after completing a task once or gaining a small amount of experience. It highlights the tendency of some people to overstate their authority or skill without having earned it through long-term effort or mastery.

This proverb describes a situation where a person's words or threats have no real impact or authority. Just as a red ant's sting causes temporary irritation but no lasting harm, the words of someone who lacks discipline, consistency, or power are ignored or dismissed by others as insignificant.

This expression is used to describe someone who goes to extremes or becomes obsessively persistent in whatever task they undertake. It can also refer to someone who consistently encounters bad luck or complications in every endeavor they start, as if it were cursed or jinxed.

In Telugu culture, eating on a banana leaf or a stitched leaf plate (vistari) is traditional. This expression highlights the virtue of hospitality; it means that even a small act of providing a plate or assistance to someone in need of food earns one great spiritual merit (punyam), similar to the act of providing the actual meal itself.

This is an agricultural proverb related to the 'Anuradha Karti' (a specific period in the traditional lunar calendar). It implies that rainfall and weather conditions during this period are so favorable that farmers will get a bumper crop, fulfilling all their expectations.

This proverb is used to describe an ungrateful person who causes trouble for the very person who helped or supported them during a difficult time. It highlights the irony and bitterness of being betrayed by someone you served or rescued.

This proverb is used to describe things that are limited by physical capacity or practical constraints. It refers to a situation where one's efforts or gains are restricted to the maximum volume of the container or the strength of the bearer, implying that there is a definite cap on what can be achieved or obtained.

* Effen is kwaad passen.

This proverb describes double standards and hypocrisy. It refers to people who are very demanding, critical, or stingy when dealing with others' resources or problems, but become extremely sensitive, protective, or exaggerating when it involves their own property or effort.