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“ വിരൽ ചുട്ടു കവിൾ തുളെക്കരുതു”
English Translation:
Do not burn your own finger to brand a hole in your own cheek. (Self-inflicted spite; never incur personal harm and pain merely to enact a petty, self-destructive point.)

“ കൊള്ളികൊണ്ടു അടികൊണ്ടപൂച്ച മിന്നാമിനുങ്ങിയേയും പേടിക്കും”
English Translation:
A cat struck by a firebrand is terrified even of a firefly. (Once bitten, twice shy; severe trauma instills an irrational fear of harmless things that merely resemble danger.)

“ ചൂട്ടുകണ്ടാ മുയലിനെപോലെ”
English Translation:
Like a hare blinded by a flaming torch. (Frozen in petrified terror; utterly paralyzed and helpless in the face of sudden discovery or exposure.)