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“ വള്ളത്തിൽകിടന്നോടിയാൽ വള്ളംകരക്കടുക്കുമൊ”
English Translation:
Will the canoe reach the shore any faster if you run back and forth inside it? (Agitated, restless scurrying within a fixed framework accomplishes nothing; progress requires steady rowing, not anxious fidgeting.)

“ കള്ളു വിലയ്ക്കു വിറ്റാൽ ചോറു നായ്ക്കൊവേണം”
English Translation:
When liquor sells at a premium, must cooked rice be thrown to the dogs? (Skewed values that lavish money on harmful luxuries while treating essential sustenance as worthless.)

“ ഏട്ടിൽചുരക്കാ കറിക്കാകാ”
English Translation:
A gourd pictured on a palm leaf cannot be cooked into curry. (Illustrations and spoken promises cannot nourish an empty stomach.)