ProverbPedia

“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)

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

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

“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.

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