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“ കള്ളിയിൽ കുത്തി കൈ എടുത്തപോലെ”
English Translation:
Like thrusting your hand into a thorny cactus and yanking it right back. (Suffering instant, stinging retribution from a reckless mistake and quickly retreating in pain.)

“ പോരുന്നോരെ പോരുമ്മ, പോരാത്താളുടെ ചന്തിമേൽ”
English Translation:
Worthy rivals face the front of battle; the blows fall on the backsides of cowards. (True warriors meet danger face to face, while cowards and weaklings suffer humiliation as they flee.)

“ കരിമ്പടത്തേൽ കറപറ്റുകയില്ല”
English Translation:
A black woolen blanket shows no stain. (A person whose character is already dark or coarse cannot be disgraced further by petty slander.)