రూకలు పదివేలున్నా చారెడు నూకలే గతి.

This proverb is used to emphasize that different things have their own distinct value and cannot be mixed or treated as equal. It signifies that even if things are related, the useless part (husk) remains useless, and the useful part (broken grain) retains its worth. It is often used to tell someone to keep boundaries clear or to acknowledge that quality and waste are separate entities.

This proverb describes how people take advantage of someone who is weak, submissive, or easily accessible by offering them the lowest quality of treatment or resources. It highlights the tendency of society to provide the bare minimum to those who do not or cannot demand better.

This expression is used to describe a situation where, despite facing failures or difficulties elsewhere, one must ultimately return to their original roots, home, or a specific reliable place for survival. It highlights the idea of a final fallback option or a permanent sanctuary that one can always rely on when all other attempts fail.

This proverb is used to convey that a person's secrets, hidden traits, or internal struggles are best known only to themselves or to those within their own group. Since snakes do not have visible legs, it suggests that things hidden from the world are still known to the one who possesses them or to those of the same kind.

The Hindus believe that a snake has feet, though they are invisible. A man knows his own business best.

This expression is used to describe someone who tries to deceive others by mixing useless or harmful waste into something useful. It signifies a deceptive act of camouflaging defects or filler material into the main product to increase volume or trick the receiver.

This proverb highlights the importance of money for even the smallest tasks or necessities. It suggests that without financial resources, one's ability to act or progress in the world is severely limited, emphasizing that money is a fundamental requirement for basic transactions.

The good deeds of the dead are normally praised beyond what they deserve. It is possible that in such remembrances of things past there is likely to be considerable exaggeration – even, falsehood.

This expression is used to describe a person who is extremely stubborn, independent to a fault, or someone who refuses to listen to others' advice, acting as if they are their own only authority. It can also describe someone who has no one else to rely on but themselves.

This expression is used to describe someone who has very limited or superficial knowledge, or someone who stops learning as soon as the immediate task is done. It mockingly refers to a person who claims to be educated but lacks depth, or whose 'reading' is as shallow as the visible surface of an open field.

This expression is used to describe a situation where someone is left with no choice but to retreat or flee quickly. It is often used to mock someone who ran away in fear or abandoned a task out of cowardice, suggesting their own feet (running away) were their only savior.