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 * உற்றார் தின்றால் புற்றாய் விளையும், ஊரார் தின்றால் பேராய் விளையும்.
 * If friends consume one’s grain an ant hole, if strangers consume it, fame.

 
 * உற்றாருக்கு ஒன்றும் கொடான், நமனாருக்கு நாலும் கொடுப்பான்.
 * He will give nothing to friends, but to Yama the regent of the dead he will give even four i.e., all.

 
 * உற்றார் உதவுவாரோ அன்னியர் உதவுவாரோ?
 * Will friends help or will strangers?

 
 * உனக்கும் பேபே உன் அப்பனுக்கும் பேபே.
 * Pè, pè to you, and pè pè to your father also.
 * The following story is told about this proverb:—a debtor had two creditors. One of them said if you will pay me I will suggest an expedient for getting rid of the other creditor. He then instructed him when again applied to for payment, to feign madness, and to say Pé, Pé a demon, a demon. The creditor not satisfied had him summoned before a Magistrate where he did as before. The Magistrate thinking the debtor mad, decided that he was not amenable to a court of justice.
 * The other creditor then went to the debtor expecting to be paid according to promise. To his surprise the man said Pé, Pé, whereupon he said, do you deal with me also in this way, when, the debtor replied as the proverb stands.

 
 * உனக்கு யான் அபயம் எனக்கு நீ உபயம்.
 * I am under your protection, you are my patron.

 
 * உன் சமர்த்திலே குண்டு பாயாது.
 * Bullets will not fly by your strength.

 
 * உன் சொல்லிலே உப்பும் இல்லை புளியும் இல்லை.
 * In your words there is neither salt nor acid.

 
 * உன் முற்றுக்குத் திருக்கு எல்லாம் என் உடுப்புக்குள்ளே.
 * Your petulance and fraud are all in my dress.

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