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“ പാക്കായാൽ മടിയിൽ വെയ്ക്കാം കമുങ്ങായാലോ”
English Translation:
If it is an areca nut, you can tuck it into your waistcloth; but what if it is an entire areca palm tree? (A small issue or modest possession is easily handled and kept discreet, but a massive affair cannot be hidden or managed quietly.)

“ തൊട്ടാലൊട്ടി = ചെവിപ്പാമ്പു”
English Translation:
[Linguistic gloss from source text: Clarifies that “Thottalotti” refers to an earwig or burrowing insect (“chevippambu”), glossing proverb #1514.]

“ ചത്ത പശുവിനു മുക്കുടം പാൽ”
English Translation:
The dead cow supposedly gave three pots of milk. (Exaggerating the virtues and yield of someone or something only after they are gone.)