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“ കാറ്റുനന്നെങ്കിൽ കല്ലും പറക്കും”
English Translation:
If the gale is strong enough, even heavy stones will fly. (When external trends and favorable momentum are overwhelming, even the mediocre are carried to great heights.)

— Malayalam

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“ തെവിയാൻ = നീർക്കോലി”
English Translation:
[Linguistic gloss from source text: Clarifies that “Theviyan” refers to a common water snake (Neerkkoli), glossing proverb #1512.]

“ സുഖദുഖാദികൾ വെള്ളത്തിൽഇട്ട ഉതളങ്ങ പോലെ”
English Translation:
Joys and sorrows are like an odollam fruit bobbing upon water. (Fortunes rise and sink incessantly with the shifting swells of circumstance; worldly states are fluid and unstable.)

“ വാളെടുക്കാത്തവൻ വാളെടുത്താൽ വാളെല്ലാം ചിലമീനു നാറും”
English Translation:
If one unaccustomed to the sword takes up the blade, the whole weapon reeks of cheap fish. (When an incompetent amateur meddles in an elevated craft, they degrade and vulgarize the discipline through clumsy execution.)