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“Malayalam Proverb:
ഇന്നത്തെപണി നാളെക്കു വെക്കരുതു”
— English Translation:
Never put off today's work for tomorrow. (Procrastination invites failure; finish the duty of the day within the day.)

“Malayalam Proverb:
ഇഞ്ചിതിന്നകുരങ്ങിനെപോലെ”
— English Translation:
Like a monkey that bit into a chunk of raw ginger. (Grimacing awkwardly in acute discomfort, confusion, and distress.)

“Malayalam Proverb:
ഇന്നലെപെയ്തമഴയ്ക്കു ഇന്നുകുരുത്ത (മുളച്ച) തകര”
— English Translation:
A sicklepod weed that sprouted only today from yesterday's rain. (A boastful upstart with neither pedigree nor experience acting like an authority.)

“Malayalam Proverb:
ഇടച്ചേരിനായരും കുരുത്തോലചൂട്ടും”
— English Translation:
Like the Idacheri Nair and his dried coconut-frond torch. (A humorous phrase describing an inseparable pair, or someone persistently weighed down by an eccentric fixture.)

“Malayalam Proverb:
ഇന്നിരുന്നുനാളെ മരിച്ചാലും നല്ലപേരുപറയിക്കണം”
— English Translation:
Even if one lives today and dies tomorrow, let people speak well of one's name. (A good reputation matters far more than mere longevity.)

“Malayalam Proverb:
ഇടത്തുകൈക്കുവലത്തുകൈതുണ, വലത്തുകൈക്കു ഇടത്തുകൈ തുണ”
— English Translation:
The right hand aids the left hand, and the left hand aids the right hand. (Mutual assistance and solidarity make life work smoothly.)

“Malayalam Proverb:
ഇന്നുചെയ്യാവുന്നതു നാളെയാക്കരുതു”
— English Translation:
What can be accomplished today should never be deferred until tomorrow. (Act promptly; procrastination only compounds burdens.)

“Malayalam Proverb:
ഇടലചുടലക്കാകാ; ശൂദ്രനുഒട്ടുംആകാ”
— English Translation:
Idala wood cannot serve for the funeral pyre, nor is it of any use to the laborer's hearth. (Something thoroughly worthless that serves neither sacred rites nor daily practical needs.)

“Malayalam Proverb:
ഇമ്പംപെരുപ്പതു തുമ്പത്തിനായ് വരും”
— English Translation:
Excess of sensual indulgence inevitably yields profound sorrow. (Unrestrained hedonism always culminates in misery.)

“Malayalam Proverb:
ഇടിവെട്ടിയ മരംപോലെ”
— English Translation:
Like a tree blasted by lightning. (Completely shattered, desolate, and broken by an unexpected catastrophe.)

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— English Translation:
He is an absolute Ashadhabhuthi. (A sanctimonious fraud posing as a pious ascetic; a wolf in sheep's clothing.)

“Malayalam Proverb:
ആസനത്തിൽപുൺ അങ്ങാടിയിൽകാട്ടരുത്”
— English Translation:
Do not display an ulcer on your rear in the open marketplace. (Keep intimate embarrassments and shameful domestic troubles private.)

“Malayalam Proverb:
ആശയുടെ ആധിക്യം ആപത്തിന്നിരിപ്പിടം”
— English Translation:
The excess of desire is the very dwelling place of ruin. (Unchecked greed is the birthplace of disaster.)

“Malayalam Proverb:
ആശവലിയൊൻ അതാവുപെട്ടുപോം”
— English Translation:
He whose ambitions are boundless will fall into profound misery. (Vaulting ambition overleaps itself and crashes into despair.)

“Malayalam Proverb:
ആശാൻ പിഴച്ചാൽ ഏത്തമില്ല”
— English Translation:
If the teacher blunders, he is spared the punitive sit-ups. (Those who make and enforce rules are rarely subjected to the punishments they impose on subordinates.)

“Malayalam Proverb:
ആശാനക്ഷരം ഒന്നുപിഴച്ചാൽ ശിഷ്യന്നക്ഷരം അമ്പത്തൊന്നും”
— English Translation:
If the master errs by a single letter, the disciple blunders across all fifty-one. (A minor mistake by a leader multiplies into total confusion among their followers.)