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“ കോഴ = കൊള്ളി; എരിഞ്ഞുനിൽക്കുന്ന തീയിൽ എണ്ണ ഒഴിക്കുംപോലെ”
English Translation:
Like pouring oil onto a blazing fire. (Gloss notes that “Kozha” means a burning brand; worsening an already furious conflict.)

“ നഞ്ചുവേണമൊ നാനാഴി”
English Translation:
Does one need four full measures of deadly poison? (A single drop of venom is enough to kill; a tiny flaw, slander, or toxic element is sufficient to cause total ruin.)

“ കല്യാണമാല, കനകമാല. കാണുന്നോർക്ക് ഇമ്പമാല, ഇല്ലാത്തോർക്ക് (കഴിക്കുന്നവനു) കണ്ഠമാല”
English Translation:
A wedding garland, a golden garland: to onlookers a lovely garland, but to the poor groom bearing the cost, a choking halter. (Lavish ceremonies seem joyous to outside spectators, but they are a strangling financial nightmare for those footing the bill.)