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“ കെട്ടിയിട്ട പട്ടിക്കു കുപ്പയെല്ലാം ചോറു”
English Translation:
To a chained dog, every rubbish heap looks like a bowl of rice. (To someone living in desperate deprivation, even the coarsest scraps appear as a banquet.)

“ ഭോഷനോർത്തു ആമയാണെന്നു”
English Translation:
The fool fancied it was a turtle. (Mistaking a dangerous or useless object for a prize out of sheer ignorance and gullibility.)

“ ഉലക്ക കൊണ്ടു താറുടുപ്പിച്ചു വിട്ടു”
English Translation:
Sent away made to wear a pounding pestle as a loincloth. (Thoroughly beaten, disgraced, and driven out in humiliation.)