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“ വാക്കിൽ തോറ്റവനും മൂക്കിൽ കേറിയവനും പാഞ്ഞവനും ഇല്ലാ”
English Translation:
None admits defeat in an argument, just as none admits being blinded by rage or fleeing in fear. (Human obstinacy; a defeated disputant invents endless excuses rather than gracefully conceding that they were wrong.)

“ പണ്ടെമടിച്ചിക്കു ഒരു ഉണ്ണിയതുമുണ്ടായി”
English Translation:
The woman who was already lazy now has an infant to care for. (An already sluggish, indolent person being handed the perfect excuse to abandon all work.)

“ ഉച്ചെക്കു അരിയും കൊണ്ടു ചെന്നാലില്ലാത്തെടത്തു പതിരായ്ക്കു നെല്ലും കൊണ്ടുചെന്നാലൊ”
English Translation:
Where even offering prime rice at high noon brings no welcome, what will taking hollow chaff yield? (If your finest, most valuable efforts were spurned, offering inferior rubbish is an exercise in futility.)