ఉరుకు ఉరుకుమనే నా సవతే కానీ, తోడు ఉరికే నా సవతి ఒకతె లేదు.

This expression describes a situation where many people offer advice or encourage someone to take a risk or work hard, but nobody is willing to actually help or participate in the effort themselves. It highlights the lack of genuine support despite plenty of verbal encouragement.

This proverb emphasizes that water is as fundamental to life as faith or spiritual guidance is to a community. It suggests that a village lacking basic necessities (water) or moral/spiritual foundations (a temple/god) is effectively uninhabitable and serves no purpose, rendering its existence meaningless.

This expression is used to describe a situation of mutual stubbornness or reciprocal indifference. It highlights a tit-for-tat attitude where one party refuses to cooperate or show interest simply because the other party did the same first. It is often used to mock petty pride or a lack of initiative in resolving conflicts.

In a place where there is no leadership or the situation is already beyond repair, incompetent or cunning people end up in charge. It is used to describe a situation where a worthless person assumes a position of authority in a worthless or dysfunctional environment.

Applied to a person who gets on well with his work when there is no one to question him.

This proverb describes a situation where people give plenty of advice or commands to others to do something difficult or risky, but they themselves are unwilling to take any action or lead by example. It highlights the hypocrisy of those who instruct others to make sacrifices or changes that they avoid making themselves.

This expression is used to highlight symmetry, reciprocity, or equality in relationships or situations. It implies that if one party expects respect, effort, or a certain distance from another, the same applies in return. It is often used to remind someone that a relationship is a two-way street or to point out a redundant or obvious comparison.

Six of one and half a dozen of the other.

This proverb describes a situation where, in the absence of capable leaders or quality options, even someone or something insignificant or mediocre is treated as superior or authoritative. It is used to mock the lack of standards in a declining or poor environment.

Pôta Râzu is a rustic deity.

This proverb is used to describe a situation where one's problems or deep-seated troubles follow them wherever they go, regardless of how far they travel or what holy places they visit. It signifies that changing one's location does not necessarily result in an escape from personal or domestic conflicts.

This expression is used to describe a situation where someone unnecessarily interferes in a matter or tries to do something uncalled for, only to end up getting themselves into deep trouble or creating a self-inflicted disaster. It is similar to the English idea of 'digging one's own grave' by meddling in things that should have been left alone.

This proverb is used to describe a person who is unnecessarily worried about how others are managing their lives, especially when they themselves are in a much more difficult or precarious situation. It highlights a hypocritical or ironic concern for others' trivial matters while ignoring one's own major problems.