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“ പുത്തരിയിൽ കല്ലുകടിച്ചു”
English Translation:
Biting down on a stone in the very first morsel of the fresh harvest feast. (An inauspicious, painful setback right at the opening moment of a long-awaited, joyous venture.)

— Malayalam

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“ ചിരട്ടയിൽവെള്ളം ഉറുമ്പിനു സമുദ്രം”
English Translation:
A spoonful of water in a coconut shell is an ocean to an ant. (What is a petty trifle to the mighty is a life-threatening, monumental crisis to the weak.)

“ പോത്തുകൂടെ വെള്ളംകുടിക്കാത്ത കാലം”
English Translation:
A time when even a water buffalo refuses to drink the water. (A period of extreme, unprecedented drought, foul corruption, or seasonal calamity.)

“ കുളത്തോടു കോപിച്ചിട്ടു ശൌചിക്കാഞ്ഞാൽ ഊര നാറുകെയുള്ളു”
English Translation:
If you get angry with the pond and refuse to wash, only your own backside will reek. (Spiting yourself out of anger toward someone else; cutting off your nose to spite your face.)