ProverbPedia

Tamil: "உற்றாருக்கு ஒன்றும் கொடான், நமனாருக்கு நாலும் கொடுப்பான்.
","English Translation: He will give nothing to friends, but to Yama the regent of the dead he will give even four i.e., all.",

Tamil Proverb:
"எச்சில் இரக்க அடிக்கும், பற்று பறக்க அடிக்கும்.
English Translation:
Spitting about will drive one to beggary, and ceremonial impurity will scatter a family.",

Tamil: உற்றார் உதவுவாரோ அன்னியர் உதவுவாரோ?
English Translation: Will friends help or will strangers?,

Tamil: உனக்கும் பேபே உன் அப்பனுக்கும் பேபே.
"English Translation: Pè, pè to you, and pè pè to your father also.The following story is told about this proverb:—a debtor had two creditors. One of them said if you will pay me I will suggest an expedient for getting rid of the other creditor. He then instructed him when again applied to for payment, to feign madness, and to say Pé, Pé a demon, a demon. The creditor not satisfied had him summoned before a Magistrate where he did as before. The Magistrate thinking the debtor mad, decided that he was not amenable to a court of justice.The other creditor then went to the debtor expecting to be paid according to promise. To his surprise the man said Pé, Pé, whereupon he said, do you deal with me also in this way, when, the debtor replied as the proverb stands.",

Tamil: உன் சமர்த்திலே குண்டு பாயாது.
English Translation: Bullets will not fly by your strength.,

Tamil: உறவுக்கு ஒன்பது படி ஊருக்குப் பத்துப் படி.
English Translation: Nine measures for your friends and ten for the country.,

Tamil: உனக்கு யான் அபயம் எனக்கு நீ உபயம்.
"English Translation: I am under your protection, you are my patron.",

Tamil: உறி அற மூளிநாய்க்கு வேட்டை.
English Translation: The snapping of the cord of the swinging-tray is like a hunting excursion to the cropped dog.,

Tamil: உன் சொல்லிலே உப்பும் இல்லை புளியும் இல்லை.
English Translation: In your words there is neither salt nor acid.,

Tamil: உறியிலே வெண்ணெய் இருக்க நெய்க்கு அலைவானேன்?
English Translation: Why go about in quest of ghee when you have butter on your own tray?,

Tamil: உன் முற்றுக்குத் திருக்கு எல்லாம் என் உடுப்புக்குள்ளே.
English Translation: Your petulance and fraud are all in my dress.,

Tamil: உறியிற் பணம் போய்த் தெருவிற் சண்டையை இழுக்கிறது.
English Translation: The money on the swinging-tray goes out and picks a quarrel in the public road.Money is not infrequently put on a swinging tray in a cup or small basket.,