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📜Telugu Proverb

ఊరంతా తిరిగి యింటి ముందుకు వచ్చి పెళ్ళాంబిడ్డలను తలచుకుని కాళ్ళు విరగబడ్డాడుట

Meaning

Used to describe someone who becomes so emotionally overwhelmed or devastated upon remembering their unmarried daughters that they physically collapse or lose the strength to stand. This proverb conveys the deep parental anxiety and burden Telugu families traditionally felt regarding their daughters' marriages, emphasizing how the weight of this responsibility could literally 'break' a parent.

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