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“ മൂക്കിൽകൂടെ ഉണ്ടാൽ നിറയുമൊ”
English Translation:
Will the stomach ever be filled if you feed through the nose? (Perverse, unnatural, and convoluted methods fail to provide wholesome, practical satisfaction.)

— Malayalam

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“ മാക്രികരഞ്ഞു മഴപെയ്യിച്ചു”
English Translation:
The little frog croaked and made the rains pour down. (An insignificant creature foolishly claiming credit for a massive natural event that occurred entirely on its own.)

“ നീറ്റിൽ അടിച്ചാൽ കോലെമുറിയും”
English Translation:
If you strike the water, only your stick will break. (Wasting aggressive force against yielding, boundless elements only damages your own instruments.)

“ എന്റെ ആശാന്റെ ‌എഴുത്തെ എനിക്കു വായിച്ചുകൂടു”
English Translation:
I can only decipher the handwriting of my own teacher. (Parochial narrow-mindedness; unable to comprehend anything outside one’s own familiar training.)