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“ എളിയവൻ പറിക്കുന്നതു എ(ഇ)ലക്കറി”
English Translation:
What the poor man gathers is wild leafy greens. (The destitute must make do with whatever humble sustenance is freely available in nature.)

“ കച്ചിട്ടിറക്കിയുംകൂടാ മധുരിച്ചിട്ടു തുപ്പുകയുംകൂടാ”
English Translation:
Too bitter to swallow down, yet too sweet to spit out. (Caught in an agonizing, bittersweet dilemma where neither embracing nor abandoning the situation is possible.)

“ കൊടുത്ത കൈക്കാശയും, കൊണ്ട കൈക്കുപേടിയും”
English Translation:
For the hand that lent, anxious expectation; for the hand that took, constant dread. (The creditor frets over the return of capital, while the debtor lives in anxiety and fear of repayment.)