Proverbs

తెలుగు సామెతలు

uDatakaelaraa uuLloapettanam.

Meaning : Why does the squirrel need to know the world affairs.

uData uupulaku kaayalu raalunaa?

Meaning : If the squirrel shakes the tree, will the fruits fall.

unnamaaTamTae ulukekkuva.

Meaning : Why do you flinch, when I say the truth.

upakaaraanikipoatae apakaaram edurainaTTu

Meaning : To face bad times when you went to do something good.
(Sometime, when all you want to do is good, but somehow it turns bad)

uuru pommamTumdi kaaDi rammamTumdi.

Meaning : Town asks to leave, funeral pire asks to come.

(Expression used by people of ripe old age to express that their time is against them)

uurikae vastae maavaaDu marokaDunnaaDu.

Meaning : If its free then I will get another person I know.

uuramtaa chuTTaalu uTTikaTTa taavulaedu.

Meaning : The whole town is full of relatives, but no one to help me tie this.

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