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“ ഈച്ചമരം പൊട്ടീട്ടുണ്ടായിരിക്കും”
English Translation:
The tree must have snapped under the unbearable weight of flies! (Mocking an absurd, laughably fabricated excuse for a colossal failure.)

— Malayalam

Related Mantras

“ വായ്ക്കരിക്കുവകയുണ്ടെങ്കിൽ നംപൂരിനാടുനീങ്ങുമൊ”
English Translation:
If there were enough grain for the funeral rites, would the Namboothiri ever pass away (or wander abroad begging)? (Extreme destitution forces even the proudest into desperate, humiliating measures; nobody surrenders station if basic needs are met.)

“ കോഴിയുടെ ഉറക്കം ഉറങ്ങുക”
English Translation:
Sleeping the sleep of a fowl. (A fitful, shallow slumber where one is constantly on edge and easily startled.)

“ നരി പെറ്റമടയിൽ കുറുക്കൻ പെറുമൊ”
English Translation:
Will a jackal ever dare to litter inside the den of a tigress? (The timid and weak will never venture into the stronghold of a formidable power.)