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“ ഉരുളെക്കു ഉത്തരം പറയരുതു”
English Translation:
Do not offer hasty retorts with every rolling mouthful. (Avoid firing off reckless, premature answers before weighing the matter carefully.)

“ ഇലക്കറിയെന്തിനു മഞ്ഞ, ഏക്കറക്കെന്തിനു മണ്ണ്”
English Translation:
Why add turmeric to leafy greens, and why dump extra soil upon an acre of land? (Superfluous additions to things that are already complete in themselves; carrying coals to Newcastle.)

“ അല്ലലുള്ള പുലയിക്കു നുള്ളിയുള്ളകാടു പറയണ്ടാ”
English Translation:
You don’t need to explain thorny scrublands to a toiling forest woman. (Never lecture experienced laborers on the difficulties of their own trade.)