ఉడకవే కుండా ఉగాది దాకా అంటే, నాకేమి పనిలేదు ఏరువాక దాకా అన్నాడట.

This proverb is used to describe a witty or sarcastic retort to an insult. It highlights a situation where someone tries to insult another person, but the target cleverly turns the logic back on the insulter, making them the target of their own abuse. It is used when someone attempts to belittle others but ends up looking foolish due to the recipient's quick-witted response.

This proverb describes a situation where someone gives an irrelevant, smart-aleck, or lazy excuse to avoid doing a task. It highlights the behavior of people who try to act clever or use logic-defying arguments to escape their responsibilities when asked for help.

This proverb describes a situation where a person faces an unexpected hurdle or bad luck the one time they finally decide to do something or celebrate. It is used when a rare opportunity is ruined by an unfortunate coincidence.

This is a sarcastic proverb used to describe lazy people who give philosophical excuses or use fatalism to justify their lack of effort. It mocks those who avoid work by claiming that since nothing in life is permanent, there is no point in working hard.

This proverb is used to describe a person who does not understand the severity or consequences of a situation until they personally suffer from it or until the problem becomes unavoidable. It is similar to the English expression 'to learn the hard way.'

This expression describes a hypocritical situation where a person who usually gives advice or judges others becomes silent or changes their stance when the same problem affects them personally. It is used to point out that people are often indifferent or tolerant of issues until they are personally inconvenienced.

This proverb is used to describe a situation where someone makes a demand or a request without understanding that the basic requirements or resources are completely unavailable. It highlights a lack of common sense or the absurdity of asking for a specific quantity when there is nothing to start with in the first place.

This proverb is used to describe a situation where someone gives an irrelevant or evasive answer to a simple request to avoid helping. It mocks the behavior of someone making excuses by pointing to another person (usually a spouse or authority figure) as the reason for their inability or refusal to act.

This proverb describes someone who is extremely lazy or slow. It refers to a situation where a person is asked to do a simple task very slowly as a joke, but they respond by saying they are willing to take even longer because they have no intention of working at all. It is used to mock people who look for excuses to procrastinate or avoid any kind of effort.

This proverb describes a person who is extremely pessimistic, cynical, or lacks any sense of propriety. It is used to describe someone who speaks ill or brings up morbid, inauspicious topics during a happy occasion, or someone who is only concerned with their own basic needs (like food) regardless of how inappropriate or harmful their behavior is to the situation.

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