ProverbPedia

“Telugu Proverb:
ఊదకూడు యెన్నాళ్లు, వుద్యోగము యెన్నాళ్లు.",”
— ,English Translation:
How long will the Uda food last? How long will your employment continue?

“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.

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— English Translation:
When the whole village put their rice in the sun to dry, the jackal put his tail to dry.Foolish imitation.

“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 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.)

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

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

“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:
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:
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.

“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:
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:
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.

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— 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)