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చింత లేదు, చింత లేకపోతే పులుసు లేదు

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Telugu

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Proverb

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చింత లేదు, చింత లేకపోతే పులుసు లేదు (cinta lēdu, cinta lēkapōtē pulusu lēdu)

  1. "No matter" said one, "Then if there's no tamarind, there's no acid" said the other. (There is here a pun upon the word Chinta which means both "thought, sorrow" and also "tamarinds.")

References

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  • “చింత లేదు, చింత లేకపోతే పులుసు లేదు.” in Captain M. W. Carr (1868) A Collection of Telugu Proverbs translated, illustrated and explained; together with some Sanscrit Proverbs printed in the Devanâgarî and Telugu Characters, Madras: Christian Knowledge Society's Press, page 31