ProverbPedia

Telugu Proverb:
ఉత్తముండకన్నా అత్తముండ మేలు
English Translation:
A wretch of a mother-in-law is better than a strange slut.A bad bush is better than the open field.Better a lean jade than an empty halter.

Telugu Proverb:
ఉత్తర కుమార ప్రజ్ఞలు
English Translation:
The boastings of Uttara Kumfira.Uttara, the son of king Virata, volunteered to attack the Kurus, but his courage failed him and he turned tail at the sight of the enemy (see Virataparva of the MnhAbhArata)Bragging. Bombast.

Telugu Proverb:
ఉత్త చేతులు మూర వేశినట్టు
English Translation:
Like measuring the air.Idle dreams.

Telugu Proverb:
ఉడుము పోయినా చెయ్యి వేస్తే చాలును
English Translation:
Never mind if I lose the guana, if I get my hand out it’s enough.Said by a man whose hand had been caught by a guana in a hole.Catching a Tartar.

Telugu Proverb:
ఉత్తచెవికన్నా తాటాకుచెవి మేలు
English Translation:
An ear with a palmyra leaf in it is better than a bare ear.Half a loaf is better than no bread.

Telugu Proverb:
ఉడుమును చంక పెట్టుకొని వూళ్లో ప్రవేశించినట్టు
English Translation:
Going into a village with a guana in one’s arms.Eccentric conduct.

Telugu Proverb:
ఉడుముకు రెండు నాలికలు
English Translation:
The Guana has two tongues.Said of a man that breaks his word."" A sinner that hath a double tongue."" Ecclesiasticus vi. l.

Telugu Proverb:
ఉడతకు వుడతా భక్తి
English Translation:
A squirrel performs a squirrel’s service.The squirrels are said to have assisted Rdma in building the bridge at Ramésvaram by dipping themselves into the Water and then rolling in and, which they brought for the mortar.Willingly doing what one can.

Telugu Proverb:
ఉడతకేలరా వూళ్లో పెత్తనము
English Translation:
What has the squirrel to do with the management of the village ?Presumptuous interference. Impertinent meddling.

Telugu Proverb:
ఉడకవే కూడా వుగాది దాకా అంటే, నాకేమి పనిలేదు యేరువాకదాకా అన్నాడట
English Translation:
[The host said] “Boil, boil away, O food, until new year’s day!” [the guest added] “My business will not take me away until the ploughing-season.”During the Pongal feast in January a stingy man tried by a broad hint to avoid giving a visitor food, but the latter was not to be done out of his dinner. The Telugu New year’s day falls in April, and cultivation commences in July.Eat and welcome; fast and heartily welcome.Let the guest go before the storm bursts. (German)

Telugu Proverb:
ఉట్టికి యెక్క లేనమ్మ స్వర్గానకు యెక్కునా
English Translation:
Will the lady who cannot get up into the sling get up into heaven ?Utti is a net work sling hung up in Hindu houses at a height of seven or eight feet, to keep earthen pots containing food in.He that can’t ride a gentle horse, must not attempt to back a mad call.

Telugu Proverb:
ఉడకకే వుడకకే వో వుల్లిగడ్ద, నీవెంత వుడికినా నీ కంపుపోదు
English Translation:
Don’t boil, don’t boil, 0 garlick! However much you boil, your smell will not go.Said to an envious person, who is said to burn inwardly.