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“ താൻ ചെല്ലാകൂലി വട്ടിപ്പുറത്തു”
English Translation:
The wage for the day you did not go to work sits waiting outside on the basket. (Sarcasm for expecting compensation without labor; unperformed work earns no livelihood.)

“ നായ്ക്കണ (ഞാങ്ങണ) എങ്കിലും നാലുകൂട്ടികെട്ടിയാൽ ബലംതന്നെ”
English Translation:
Even if they are only hollow river reeds, bundling four together yields genuine strength. (Unity is strength; even frail, modest elements become resilient when bound together in solidarity.)

“ കടലമ്മ പെണ്ണെങ്കിൽ ചരുവെങ്കിലും പെറും”
English Translation:
If Mother Ocean were truly a woman, she would give birth to at least a brass bowl! (Mocking wild superstitions and empty, grandiose personifications.)