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“Malayalam Proverb:
ഉണ്ടചോറു മറക്കരുത്”
— English Translation:
Never forget the meal you have eaten. (Always remember and remain grateful for the kindness and hospitality shown to you.)

“Malayalam Proverb:
ഉത്തമനു ഊശാന്താടി, മൂഢനു കാടും പടർപ്പും”
— English Translation:
A noble man wears a trim, tidy beard, while a fool wears an overgrown thicket. (Discipline and discernment show in neat restraint, while folly reveals itself in wild disorder.)

“Malayalam Proverb:
ഉണ്ടചോറ്റിൽ കല്ലിടരുത്”
— English Translation:
Do not cast stones into the rice you have eaten. (Never betray or harm the hand that sustained and fed you.)

“Malayalam Proverb:
ഉത്തരവും പ്രതിയും”
— English Translation:
The crossbeam and its supporting post. (A perfectly matched pair; or a swift, precise answer to every challenge.)

“Malayalam Proverb:
ഉണ്ട ചോറ്റിൽ കുണ്ടകുത്തരുത്”
— English Translation:
Do not bore a hole in the plate of rice you just ate from. (Never sabotage or desecrate the benefactor who provided your livelihood.)

“Malayalam Proverb:
ഉത്സാഹം ഉണ്ടെങ്കിൽ അത്താഴം ഉണ്ണാം”
— English Translation:
If you possess diligence and energy, you will surely have supper. (Industrious effort guarantees daily sustenance; the energetic never go hungry.)

“Malayalam Proverb:
ഉണ്ടവനു പായ്(ഇടം) കിട്ടാഞ്ഞിട്ടു, ഉണ്ണാത്തവനു ഇല കിട്ടാഞ്ഞിട്ടു”
— English Translation:
The one who has feasted complains of having no mat to rest on, while the hungry man has no leaf from which to eat. (The frivolous grievances of the privileged contrast sharply with the desperate survival needs of the deprived.)

“Malayalam Proverb:
ഉത്സാഹം ഉണ്ടെങ്കിൽ ഉനനും ഊക്കനാം”
— English Translation:
With zeal and resolve, even a weakling can become formidable. (Enthusiasm and determination can elevate even the frailest into great strength.)

“Malayalam Proverb:
ഉണ്ടവനെ ഊക്കം ചെയ്യു”
— English Translation:
Vigor shows only in the one who is well-fed. (Strength and endurance require proper sustenance; an empty stomach yields no power.)

“Malayalam Proverb:
ഉത്സാഹം പ്രതികർത്തവ്യം”
— English Translation:
Diligent effort is the foremost duty. (One must always strive with vigorous action; enterprise is the duty of man.)

“Malayalam Proverb:
ഉണ്ട വീട്ടിൽ കണ്ടു കെട്ടരുതു”
— English Translation:
Never scheme scandal or dishonor in the house where you have dined. (Breaching the sanctity and trust of a host's home is an unpardonable betrayal.)

“Malayalam Proverb:
ഉണ്ടാലെന്തിനു ഉറിയിൽ കണ്ണു”
— English Translation:
Once you have eaten your fill, why keep your eyes fixed on the hanging pantry pot? (Greedy desire that lingers even after one's needs have been completely satisfied.)

“Malayalam Proverb:
ഉണ്ടു മുഷിഞ്ഞവനൊടു ഉരുളയും കണ്ടു മുഷിഞ്ഞവനൊടു കടവും വാങ്ങണം”
— English Translation:
Ask a rice ball from one weary of feasting, and borrow money from one weary of hoarding wealth. (Approach those with vast surplus who will not feel the loss of giving.)

“Malayalam Proverb:
ഉണ്ടെങ്കിലോണം പോലെ ഇല്ലെങ്കിൽ പട്ടിണി”
— English Translation:
If there is food, feast like it is Onam; if not, starve. (A feast-or-famine existence marked by reckless indulgence in abundance and misery in scarcity.)

“Malayalam Proverb:
ഉണ്ണാതെ ഏതുവീട്ടിലുംപോകാം, ഉടുക്കാതെ ഒരു വീട്ടിലും വയ്യാ”
— English Translation:
You can visit any house without eating, but you cannot enter a single house without wearing clothes. (Dignity and basic decency must be maintained above all else, even in times of deprivation.)

“Malayalam Proverb:
ഉണ്ണിയെക്കണ്ടാൽ ഉരിലെ പഞ്ചം(പഞ്ഞം)അറിയാം”
— English Translation:
Look at the child, and you can tell the famine in the village. (The health and appearance of the vulnerable reveal the true state of the whole community.)