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“ എല്ലാരുമുണ്ടു ചെല്ലാടമില്ല”
English Translation:
The entire crowd has gathered, but there is no betel pouch to serve. (A grand gathering where the essential hospitality or central supply has been overlooked.)

— Malayalam

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“ മണൽ കൊണ്ടു അണകെട്ടുക”
English Translation:
Building a dam out of loose sand. (An exercise in futility; constructing a defense using materials destined to wash away at the first test.)

“ ആപത്തുവരുംകാലം ആപത്തെഭവിച്ചീടു”
English Translation:
When the hour of ruin arrives, misfortune is bound to take its course. (When fate turns adversarial, bad outcomes compound relentlessly.)

“ ആലെക്കൽനിന്നു പാല് കുടിച്ചാൽ വീട്ടിൽ മോരുണ്ടാകയില്ല”
English Translation:
If you drink all the milk right at the cowshed, there will be no buttermilk left at home. (Consuming resources recklessly at the source leaves dependents with nothing.)