ದೊಣ್ಣೆ ನ್ಯಾಯ doṇṇe nyāya the strongest make the rule to suit them, the weak can never question; ದೊಣ್ಣೆ ಭಾಗವತ doṇṇe bhāgavata a stout, lazy fellow; ಕಂಕುಳಲ್ಲಿ ದೊಣ್ಣೆ, ಕೈಯಲ್ಲಿ ಶರಣಾರ್ಥಿ kankuḷalli doṇṇe, kaiyalli śaraṇārthi (prov.) he speaks with a honeyed-tongue, but acts in a harmful way; ಕುಂಬಾರನಿಗೆ ವರುಷ, ದೊಣ್ಣೆಗೆ ನಿಮಿಷ kumbāranige varuṣa, doṇṇege nimiṣa while it takes lot of effort and time for making, it takes hardly any time or effort to break it; ದೊಣ್ಣೆ ಹಿಂಡಿದರೆ ಎಣ್ಣೆ ಬರುತ್ತದೆಯೇ? doṇṇe hiṇḍidare eṇṇe baruttadeyē great labour without wisdom will not yield required result; oil cannot be extracted from sand.