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This proverb highlights how fear is often rooted in personal experience or specific knowledge. A local resident is afraid of the village cemetery because they know the legends or have seen deaths there, while a traveler or outsider is afraid of the local water sources (lakes or rivers) because they are unfamiliar with their depth or hidden dangers.

This proverb is used to describe two people who are equally stubborn, or to describe a situation that remains stagnant because neither side is willing to change or yield. It refers to folk deities where Poleramma represents a persistent female force and Pothuraju represents a resilient male force, implying that an argument or a deal between two equally matched or rigid entities will never reach a resolution.

This expression is used to describe a situation where an action or an event has no significant impact on any of the parties involved. It implies a state of neutrality or a zero-sum game where there is neither loss nor gain for anyone, often used when someone tries to mediate a dispute or perform a task that results in no change.

This proverb describes a situation where a person becomes so overconfident, arrogant, or intoxicated with power that they lose all sense of respect and fear, eventually committing a grave sacrilege or a foolish mistake that leads to their downfall. It is used to caution someone whose pride is making them cross boundaries of decency and common sense.

This proverb is used to describe a person who shamelessly questions others when their own immoral or wrong actions are caught. It implies that a wrongdoer, instead of feeling guilty, rudely asks how their sin affects the observer or the deity (Poleramma). It is used to mock someone's audacity and lack of ethics.

This proverb is used to describe a person who possesses nothing of their own or is a complete fraud. It refers to someone who survives or shows off using things that belong to others or by collecting useless scraps. Ankamma and Poleramma are local folk deities; the phrase implies he is merely left with the discarded offerings or insignificant remains of these rituals, signifying total poverty or lack of substance.

This proverb is used to describe a situation where an insignificant person or someone with no real authority tries to dominate or take charge of an event that doesn't belong to them. It refers to people who act like they are the main person in charge when they are actually just a minor participant.

This proverb is used to describe a person who becomes overly arrogant or overconfident due to their small successes or strength, and foolishly tries to challenge someone far more powerful than them. It signifies a situation where an insignificant person invites their own destruction by picking a fight with a superior force.

This proverb describes someone who thoroughly inspects or enjoys something, only to criticize or devalue it immediately afterward. It is used to point out hypocrisy or the ungrateful behavior of people who benefit from a situation and then speak ill of it.

This proverb is used to describe a situation where one person does the hard work or provides the resources, but another person takes the credit or gets the limelight. It highlights an unfair distribution of recognition or benefits.