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This proverb is used to highlight that biological relationships and marital relationships carry different emotional weights or social expectations. It suggests that someone who enters the family through marriage might not always share the same innate affection or bond as a blood relative, or it is used to specifically define traditional kinship roles in Telugu culture where specific terms are reserved for biological relations.

This proverb describes a situation where a person, usually a man, becomes so infatuated or influenced by his wife that he begins to view his own mother with hostility or disdain. It is used to criticize someone who forgets their parents' sacrifices and treats them poorly after marriage, prioritizing their spouse to an extreme and unfair degree.

This expression describes a situation where a person, influenced by their spouse, begins to view their own mother's advice or presence as toxic or bitter, while finding everything the spouse says to be sweet and desirable. It is used to criticize someone who neglects their parents after marriage.

This expression describes a situation where a man unfairly views his mother's well-intended advice as bitter or harmful while seeing everything his wife says as sweet and desirable. It is typically used to critique someone who neglects or disrespects their mother due to an over-attachment or bias toward their spouse.

This expression is used to mock someone who is being overly stingy or greedy even when faced with a life-threatening or serious situation. It highlights the absurdity of prioritizing small material gains or savings over one's own well-being or safety.

This proverb is used to describe a person who prioritizes his wife and finds her sweet (like jaggery) while neglecting his mother or viewing her as a burden/troublemaker (like a ghost). It is typically used as a criticism of someone who forgets their filial duties after marriage.

This expression is used to describe a situation where someone treats opposites or things of vastly different quality as the same. It often refers to a lack of discrimination, poor judgment, or ruining something good (jaggery) by mixing it with something bad (dung). It can also describe bringing together two incompatible people or ideas.

This proverb is used to describe a person or a situation that still retains a distinct aura, reputation, or quality of their past glory even after the source of that glory is gone. Just as a cloth smells of asafoetida long after it is removed, or a stove smells of burnt sugar long after cooking, a person's previous status or character remains evident in their behavior.

This proverb illustrates how people in power or those with higher social status often take liberties with or lack respect for those who are vulnerable or lack protection. It suggests that when someone is poor or weak, everyone feels entitled to treat them with over-familiarity or disregard their dignity.

This expression is used to mock someone who pretends to be an expert or highly knowledgeable about a subject when they actually lack even the most basic understanding of it. It highlights the absurdity of giving a confidently wrong answer where the description (sour jaggery) contradicts the actual nature of the object (pungent ginger).