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“ ഉണ്മാൻ കൊടുത്താൽ അമ്മാച്ചൻ അല്ലെങ്കിൽ കുമ്മാച്ച�”
English Translation:
Feed them, and you are beloved “Uncle”; fail to feed them, and you are a worthless nobody. (Fickle, transactional affection that lasts only as long as benefits flow.)

“ വായ് പോയകത്തികൊണ്ടു എതിലേയുംവെച്ചുകൊത്താം”
English Translation:
With a knife whose sharp edge is already ruined, one can hack away in any direction. (Once a tool or person has lost its edge, integrity, or reputation, it is used carelessly and indiscriminately for any crude job.)

“ നോക്കാൻ കൊടുത്ത പണത്തിനു വെള്ളിയാഴചകുറ്റം”
English Translation:
Blaming Friday for the disappearance of money entrusted for safekeeping. (Making superstitious, flimsy excuses when entrusted funds vanish through embezzlement or neglect.)