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Telugu Proverb:
ఉండ్రాళ్లు పిండివంటా కాదు, వూద ధాన్యమూ కాదు
English Translation:
Ganésa’s rice-balls are not cakes, Uda is not grain.Uda is the Panicum Flavidum.

Telugu Proverb:
ఉండేవెల్లా వుండగా, వుపాధ్యాయుల భార్యకు దడిబియ్యము
English Translation:
[To perform the ceremony of] Dadi Biyyam to the priest’s wife when there are many other things to be done.Dadi Biyyam is a ceremony performed before the consummation of marriage.Going out of your way to do something for others, and neglecting much that you have to do of your own.

Telugu Proverb:
ఉండేది గట్టి, పోయినది పొట్టు
English Translation:
What remains is solid, what has gone is empty husk.

Telugu Proverb:
ఉండి చూడు వూరు అందం, నానాటికి చూడు నా అందం
English Translation:
Wait and see the beauty of the village, but examine my beauty day by day.Said by an ugly man in a dirty village.

Telugu: ఉండనిస్తే పండుతుంది, వూడదీశివేస్తే, యెండుతుంది
English Translation: If you leave it alone, it will bear fruit; if you pull it up, it will wither away.

Telugu: ఉంగరాల చేతిలో మొట్టితే, నొప్పి వుండదు
English Translation: A rap with ringed fingers will cause no pain.A man who wears rings is generally well oil‘, and therefore pays hand some damages for injuries inflicted.

Telugu: ఉంటే వూరు, పోతే పాడు
English Translation: If [the people] stay, it is a village; if [the people] go, it is a ruin.

Telugu: ఈ వూళ్లో పెద్దలు యెవరంటే తాళ్లు, దాతలు యెవరంటే చాకళ్లు
English Translation: When asked who were the great (men) in the village, he said “ The Pa1myras;” when asked who were the givers (of presents), he replied “The washermen.”A joke. The Palmyras (see No. 290) are the tallest trees, and the washermen give people back their clothes.

Telugu: ఈ వూరికి ఆ వూరెంతో, ఆ వూరికి యీ వూరంతే.",
,English Translation: The distance between that village and this village is the same as that between this village and that village.Six of one and half a dozen of the other.

Telugu: ఈనగాచి నక్కలపాలు చేశెను
English Translation: He watched [the field] until the harvest, and then let it go to the jaokals.

Telugu Proverb:
ఉండనిస్తే పండుతుంది, వూడదీశివేస్తే, యెండుతుంది
English Translation:
If you leave it alone, it will bear fruit; if you pull it up, it will wither away.

Telugu Proverb:
ఉంటే వూరు, పోతే పాడు
English Translation:
If [the people] stay, it is a village; if [the people] go, it is a ruin.