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Telugu Proverb:
ఉభయపవిత్రాలూ తిని వుద్ధరిణెడు నీళ్లూ తాగి వూహూ అంటావా వుత్తమాశ్వమా
English Translation:
Dost thou neigh after eating two grass rings and a tea spoonful of water, O excellent steed ?Said by a poor Brahman priet to his miserable pony which he had only fed with two rings (made of sacred grass and worn on his ring fingers), and had given him water out of the small spoon used in sipping water in ceremonies.Giving little pay and expecting much work to be done.

Telugu Proverb:
ఉప్పు తిన్నవాడు నీళ్లు తాగుతాడు
English Translation:
The man that has eaten salt drinks water.

Telugu Proverb:
ఉపాధ్యాయులవారూ, ఉక్తం ఉక్తం
English Translation:
O teacher, uktam! uktam !Said by a school-boy when he saw a board about to fall on his master's head. He had been taught to render the Sanscrit word Uktam by Palaka baddadi (“it was said”). These words also signify “ the board has fallen,"" which the boy took to be the correct meaning of the Sanscrit word.

Telugu Proverb:
ఉపాధ్యాయులు యేమి చేస్తున్నాడంటే, అబద్ధాలు వ్రాసి దిద్దుకొంటున్నాడు అన్నాడట
English Translation:
When asked what the school master was doing, one replied “he is correcting the mistakes he has made.”A bad workman.

Telugu Proverb:
ఉపకారముకు పోతే అపకారము వెంటనే వచ్చినది
English Translation:
Immediately after doing good, I received an ill return.Base ingrntitude.

Telugu Proverb:
ఉన్నమాట చెప్పితే, వూరు అచ్చి రాదు.",
,English Translation: If a man speaks the truth he will find the village too hot for him.Truth produces hatred. (Latin)

Telugu Proverb:
ఉన్నవాడు వూరికి పెద్ద, చచ్చినవాడు కాఅటికి పెద్ద
English Translation:
He that is alive is the head man of the village, and he that is dead is the head man of the burial ground.A taunt used to one who tries to make out that he is very highly connected.

Telugu Proverb:
ఉన్నమాట అంటే, వులికేసుకొని వస్తున్నది.",
,English Translation: A man starts with anger when the truth is told of him.It is truth that makes a man angry. (Italian)

Telugu Proverb:
ఉద్యోగం పురుషలక్షణం అన్నాడు, గొడ్డలితేరా నిట్రాడు నరుకుదాము
English Translation:
They say “endeavour makes the man,” so bring an axe, and let us out down the centre post.

Telugu Proverb:
ఉద్యోగం పురుషలక్షణం, అది పోతే అవలక్షణం.",
,English Translation: Employment makes the man; he is a luckless fellow if he lose it.

Telugu Proverb:
ఉత్తర వురిమి కురిశినా, పాము తరిమి కరిచినా తిరగదు
English Translation:
If there be rain with thunder when the sun is in Uttara, there will be no drought; if a snake pursues and bites you, the bite will be fatal.

Telugu Proverb:
ఉత్తర చూచి యెత్తర గంప
English Translation:
Take up your basket [of seed] when you see [the sun in] Uttara.Uttara is one of the twenty-seven lunar mansions. When the sun is in Uttara there is invariably rain, and seed is then sown.Make hay while the sun shines.Know your opportunity. (Latin.)