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“ കയ്യാലപുറത്തെ തേങ്ങാപോലെ”
English Translation:
Like a coconut balanced on top of a mud wall. (Perched in precarious uncertainty, liable to tumble to either side at any moment; sitting on the fence.)

— Malayalam

Related Mantras

“ ആമാടക്കു പുഴുത്തുള നോക്കുന്നവ”
English Translation:
One who scrutinizes a solid gold coin searching for wormholes. (A pathologically cynical fault-finder hunting for impossible flaws in obvious perfection.)

“ മുളനാഴിക്കു മുറിച്ചപന്തിയിൽ”
English Translation:
In a dining line partitioned off for a meager bamboo cup. (Being segregated or relegated to inferior, second-class treatment at a shared gathering.)

“ ഒരുവീട്ടിൽ രണ്ടുപെണ്ണം ഒരുകൂട്ടിൽ രണ്ടുനരിയും ഒരുപോലെ”
English Translation:
Two rival mistresses in one house are like two leopards in a single cage. (Conflicting authorities under one roof lead to inevitable, vicious strife.)