తానే తుమ్మి తానే శతాయుస్సు అనుకొన్నట్టు.

This expression is used to describe a situation where someone is extremely conceited, self-admiring, or overly proud of their own actions and intelligence. It highlights the irony of self-veneration or thinking too highly of oneself to the point of absurdity.

This expression is used to describe a self-centered person who validates their own actions or praises themselves without waiting for others' opinions. In Telugu culture, it is customary for someone else to say 'Shatayushsu' (live for a hundred years) when you sneeze; doing it for oneself implies vanity or a lack of external support/validation.

This proverb is used to describe a situation where someone constantly faces life-threatening risks or severe crises but survives them all to live a long life. It is often applied to people who frequently fall ill or encounter accidents yet remain resilient, or to situations that seem on the verge of collapse but somehow persist indefinitely.

This proverb describes a situation where a person's own actions, decisions, or words inadvertently lead to their own downfall, trouble, or restriction. It is used when someone creates the very tools or circumstances that others eventually use against them.

This proverb describes a situation where a person makes a decision, performs an action, or proposes an idea and then proceeds to praise or validate it themselves without any external input or approval. It is used to mock someone's self-centeredness or self-validation, similar to the English concept of 'tooting one's own horn' or being judge and jury of one's own case.

This proverb is used to describe a person who is self-centered or lacks external validation. It refers to someone who makes their own decisions, praises their own work, or validates their own actions without anyone else's input or approval. It is often used to mock someone who is being both the judge and the jury in their own case.

This proverb is used to mock an individual's arrogance or delusions of grandeur. It describes a person who overestimates their own importance or capabilities, believing that a massive task or organization is succeeding solely because of their insignificant efforts.

Said of a man who thinks everything depends on himself.

This expression describes a situation where a person, through their own actions or decisions, creates obstacles or restrictions for themselves. It is used when someone's self-inflicted complications lead to their own downfall or lack of freedom.

This expression is used when someone's malicious plans against others backfire and cause them harm instead. It is the Telugu equivalent of 'falling into one's own trap' or 'being hoist with one's own petard'.

This expression is used to describe a situation where someone's own actions, decisions, or words lead to their own downfall or trouble. It is similar to the English idioms 'digging one's own grave' or 'being the architect of one's own misfortune.'