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“ ചത്തുപോയ ചിറ്റപ്പനു കാണിക്കാമൊ”
English Translation:
Can this be shown or offered to an uncle who has already passed away? (Offering help or making amends when the intended recipient is no longer around to receive it.)

“ കാക്കവായിലെ അട്ടചാകൂ”
English Translation:
Only in the beak of a crow does the leech meet its death. (Every bloodsucking parasite eventually encounters a predator suited to destroy it.)

“ വെരുകിൻപൃഷ്ടവും നായിൻപൃഷ്ടവും ഒരുപോലെയൊ”
English Translation:
Is the tail of a civet cat the same as the tail of a street dog? (Superficial resemblances mask vast differences in intrinsic worth; the civet produces costly musk, while the cur produces only filth.)