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“ ഇട്ടുനിരക്കുന്ന അച്ചിക്കു നിരങ്ങിഉണ്ണുന്ന നായർ”
English Translation:
For a mistress who scatters food carelessly across the floor, a husband who crawls along the ground to eat it. (A match made in heaven; two incompetent or ill-mannered people perfectly suited to each other.)

“ ഒറ്റെക്കു ഉലക്ക, കാക്കാൻ പോയൊൻ കൂക്കട്ടെ”
English Translation:
A pestle left all alone; let the negligent guard howl in dismay. (Those who neglect their responsibilities have only themselves to blame when loss strikes.)

“ കട്ടെറുമ്പിനെ പിടിച്ചു ആസനത്തിൻ കീഴിൽ വെക്കുന്നതുപോലെ”
English Translation:
Like catching a stinging carpenter ant and tucking it under your own seat. (Deliberately inviting acute, self-inflicted pain and avoidable trouble upon oneself.)