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“Malayalam Proverb:
ഊഢമുള്ളവനെ ഓല വായിചുകൂടു”
— English Translation:
Only one endowed with deep discernment can truly read the palm-leaf manuscript. (Grasping profound wisdom requires innate maturity, not mere mechanical literacy.)

“Malayalam Proverb:
എടുത്തുചാടിയ പൂച്ച എലിയെ പിടിക്കയില്ല”
— English Translation:
A cat that pounces hastily catches no rat. (Haste makes waste; reckless impatience ruins an endeavor.)

“Malayalam Proverb:
ഊണിനു രാജാവ്, ഊഴിയത്തിനു ചച്ചാപിച്ചാ”
— English Translation:
A king when it comes to dining, but clumsy and evasive when summoned for hard labor. (Always first to demand rights and luxuries, but lazy and incompetent when work must be done.)

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— English Translation:
Cracked here, burst there. (A hopeless state of disrepair, breaking apart at every seam.)

“Malayalam Proverb:
ഉറങ്ങും സിംഹവക്ത്രത്തിൽ ഇറങ്ങുമൊ വാരണം”
— English Translation:
Will an elephant ever stroll into the open jaws of a sleeping lion? (Nothing arrives unearned; even the most powerful must actively hunt to sustain themselves.)

“Malayalam Proverb:
ഉള്ളാപ്പൊളോണം പോലെ ഇല്ലാത്തപ്പോൾ പട്ടിണി”
— English Translation:
Feasting like Onam when you have it; starving when you don't. (A feast-or-famine mentality; reckless indulgence without thought for tomorrow.)

“Malayalam Proverb:
ഉറങ്ങുന്നതും ഉപകാരത്തിലുറങ്ങണം”
— English Translation:
Even one's sleep should serve a fruitful purpose. (Every phase of life, including rest, should be purposeful, timely, and restorative.)

“Malayalam Proverb:
ഉള്ളവന്റെ പൊൻകപ്പാൻ ഇല്ലാത്തവന്റെ പാര വേണ്ടു”
— English Translation:
To steal the wealthy man's gold, the pauper's iron crowbar is required. (The elite still depend upon the crude tools and raw toil of the working class.)

“Malayalam Proverb:
ഉറി പോലെ”
— English Translation:
Like a suspended kitchen pot-sling. (Hanging in precarious limbo, shifting helplessly with every slight breeze.)

“Malayalam Proverb:
ഉള്ളിൽ വജ്രം, പുറമെ പത്തി”
— English Translation:
Venom and hardness within, an open hood displayed outside. (A lethal, malicious nature disguised beneath a smooth and striking exterior.)

“Malayalam Proverb:
ഉറുപ്പയിൽ കള്ളൻ കയറി”
— English Translation:
A thief broke into an empty granary. (Expending great stealth and effort to breach a place that holds nothing of value.)

“Malayalam Proverb:
ഉള്ളി തൊലിച്ചതു പോലെ”
— English Translation:
Like peeling the layers of an onion. (Peeling back layer after layer only to find tears and emptiness at the center.)

“Malayalam Proverb:
ഉറുമ്പു ഓണം കരുതുമ്പോലെ”
— English Translation:
Like an ant gathering provisions for the Onam season. (Diligent foresight and thrifty preparation ahead of lean times.)

“Malayalam Proverb:
ഉള്ളുരുക്കത്തിനു് ചികിത്സയില്ലാ”
— English Translation:
There is no medicine for the burning agony of the inner heart. (Physical remedies cannot heal deep grief, mental anguish, or heartbreak.)

“Malayalam Proverb:
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.)

“Malayalam Proverb:
ഉഴവിലെ കളവു തീർക്കണം”
— English Translation:
Weeds and flaws must be cleared right during the plowing. (Nip problems in the bud; correct errors at the very start before they corrupt the entire enterprise.)