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“ തീക്കട്ട ഉറുമ്പരിക്കാൻ കാലമായൊ”
English Translation:
Has the time arrived for ants to swarm over live, glowing coals? (An absurd, unnatural inversion; questioning whether weaklings have truly grown bold enough to assault a formidable power.)

— Malayalam

Related Mantras

“ ആയിരം വാക്ക് അരപ്പലം (കാണി) തൂങ്ങാ”
English Translation:
A thousand empty words do not weigh half an ounce. (Talk is cheap; empty promises have no tangible substance.)

“ കിടക്കുന്നതു കാവൽചാള(കുപ്പയിൽ); സ്വപ്നം കാണുന്നതുമച്ചും മാളികയും”
English Translation:
Sleeping in a watchman’s shack (or on a rubbish heap), but dreaming of attics and grand mansions. (Daydreaming of high luxury while living in squalor; building castles in the air.)

“ ഓലകളയാത്തോൻ നാടുകളയും”
English Translation:
He who refuses to surrender a worthless scrap of palm leaf will end up losing his whole estate. (Stubbornly clinging to petty paperwork and trivial rights costs one the greater kingdom.)