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“ കോഴിയുടെ മുലയൂട്ടുപോലെ”
English Translation:
Like a hen nursing her chicks with milk. (An absolute natural impossibility; an absurd, hollow promise of something that cannot exist.)

— Malayalam

Related Mantras

“ ഗൊത്രമറിഞ്ഞു പെണ്ണും പാത്രമറിഞ്ഞു ഭിക്ഷയും”
English Translation:
Choose a bride by knowing her lineage, and give alms by knowing the worthiness of the recipient. (Exercise discernment; alliances require examining family character, just as charity requires ensuring it goes to the deserving.)

“ തപ്പിക്കണ്ടു വീശാറുണ്ടോ”
English Translation:
Does anyone cast a fishing net only after groping around by hand to confirm the fish? (Overthinking and excessive caution paralyze action; if you wait for absolute certainty, the fleeting opportunity escapes.)

“ തട്ടാൻ പെങ്ങടെതും തട്ടും”
English Translation:
A dishonest goldsmith will shave gold even from his own sister’s ornament. (An ingrained, compulsive vice or professional greed spares neither family ties nor moral conscience.)