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Telugu Proverb:
ఉసురు వుంటే వుప్పు అమ్ముకొని బ్రతకవచ్చును
English Translation:
If you preserve your life, you can at least live by selling salt.Used as an argument not to risk life for the sake of gain.

Telugu Proverb:
ఉస్తెకాయ వూరనెంత, నంజ పెట్టనెంత.",
,English Translation: How long does it take to salt an Ustekaya? How much is there of it to put on a dish?Ustekdya (Solanum Trilobatum) is a small fruit.Applied to something very insignificant.

Telugu Proverb:
ఉల్లి ముట్టనిదీ వాసనరాదు
English Translation:
Unless you had touched the garlick [your fingers] would not have smelt.If you had not meddled with a bad business you would not have got a bad name.He who touches pitch defiles himself. (Italian)

Telugu Proverb:
ఉల్లి వుంటే మల్లి వంటలక్కే
English Translation:
When there are onions Malli is a fine cook.Onions make up for bad cooking.

Telugu Proverb:
ఉల్లిపాయంత బలిజవుంటే, వూరంతా చెరుస్తాడు
English Translation:
If there be a Balija man as small as a clove of garlick, he will ruin the whole village.Balija is a caste among Telugu and Canarese Sudras.One scabbed sheep will mar a whole flock.One ill weed mars a whole pot of pottage.

Telugu Proverb:
ఉల్లి పది తల్లుల పెట్టు
English Translation:
Garlick is as good as ten mothers.

Telugu Proverb:
ఉరుకు వురుకుమనే నా సవతేకాని, తోడు వురికే నా సవతి యొకతెయున్నూ లేదు
English Translation:
All these wretched women say to me “run, run” [on to the pile], but not one comes with me.Said by a widow when pressed to become Sati.

Telugu Proverb:
ఉయ్యాలలో పిల్లను వుంచి వూరెల్లా వెతికినట్టు
English Translation:
Putting a child in a cradle and looking for it all over the village.He looks for his ass and sits on its back. (French.)

Telugu Proverb:
ఉమ్మడిగొర్రె పుచ్చి చచ్చినది
English Translation:
The sheep which was the joint property of two persons, was deserted and died.The ass of many owners is eaten by wolves. (spanish.)Between two stools fall to the bottom.

Telugu Proverb:
ఉభయ భ్రష్టత్వం, వుప్పర సన్న్యాసిత్వం.",
,English Translation: Ruined in both ways like a well-digger who turns Sanyasi.He is neither employed in his old trade nor supported in his new character.

Telugu Proverb:
ఉపాయము యెరగనివాణ్ని వూళ్లో వుండనివ్వకూడదు
English Translation:
A witless fellow should not be allowed to remain in the village.

Telugu Proverb:
ఉప్పువాడూ చెడె, పప్పువాడూ చెడె, తమలపాకులవాడు తమాం చెడె
English Translation:
The salt seller is ruined, the pulse vendor is ruined, and the betel seller is entirely ruined.