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“Malayalam Proverb:
ആടാചാക്യാർക്കു അണിയൽ പ്രധാനം”
— English Translation:
For an actor who cannot dance, the costume is everything. (An incompetent performer relies on flashy outward displays to mask a total lack of skill.)

“Malayalam Proverb:
ആടുകിടന്നിടത്തു പൂട കാണാതിരിക്കുമോ”
— English Translation:
Can a spot where a goat rested ever be free of shed fur? (Wherever someone has been, telltale traces and evidence are inevitably left behind.)

“Malayalam Proverb:
ആടൂടാടും കാടാകാ; അരചൻ ഊടാടും നാടാകാ”
— English Translation:
A forest overrun by browsing goats ceases to be a forest; a realm plagued by a meddlesome king ceases to be a viable nation. (Excessive micromanagement and tyranny from above ruin an otherwise thriving land.)

“Malayalam Proverb:
അഴുകിയതു അഴുകി, അണ്ടിക്കഞ്ഞിഎന്നുപേരും”
— English Translation:
What was rotten has already rotted, yet they dub it "seed porridge." (Slapping a fancy, respectable label onto a spoiled failure to mask the truth.)

“Malayalam Proverb:
ആട്ടുകേട്ട പന്നിയെപ്പോലെ”
— English Translation:
Like a wild boar startled by a hunter's shout. (Fleeing headlong in wild panic or charging blindly without direction.)

“Malayalam Proverb:
അഹമ്മതിക്കുണ്ടൊ ഔഷധമുള്ളു”
— English Translation:
Is there any cure for supreme arrogance? (Conceit is an incurable character flaw.)

“Malayalam Proverb:
ആട്ടികൊണ്ടുപോകുമ്പോൾ പിണ്ണാക്കു കൊടുക്കാത്തവൻ വീട്ടിൽ ചെന്നാൽ എണ്ണകൊടുക്കുമോ”
— English Translation:
Will the man who refused you oil cake while pressing oil ever give you pure oil when you visit his home? (Someone who refuses to part with worthless scraps during a windfall will never share real wealth later.)

“Malayalam Proverb:
അഹിംസാ പരമൊധർമ്മം”
— English Translation:
Non-violence is the supreme virtue. (Harm to none is the highest moral law.)

“Malayalam Proverb:
ആട്ടുന്നവനെ നെയ് വാൻ ആക്കിയാൽ കാര്യമൊ”
— English Translation:
Will any good come from putting an oil-presser behind a weaver's loom? (Assigning specialized tasks to people with completely mismatched skills leads only to disaster.)

“Malayalam Proverb:
ആകകുണ്ടയിൽ വാഴകുലക്കയില്ല”
— English Translation:
A plantain tree will not bear fruit in a barren pit. (Productivity and greatness cannot flourish in an infertile environment.)

“Malayalam Proverb:
ആണായാൽ നാണംവേണം; മീനായാലാണം വേണം”
— English Translation:
A man must have decency, just as a fish curry must have gravy. (Basic self-respect and propriety are indispensable to good character.)

“Malayalam Proverb:
ആകാത കാര്യം തുനിയായ്കവെണം”
— English Translation:
Never embark on what cannot or should not be done. (Do not venture into improper, futile, or harmful undertakings.)

“Malayalam Proverb:
ആണായാൽ നാണംവേണം; മുഖത്തഞ്ചുമീശവേണം”
— English Translation:
A man must possess a sense of honor, and at least a modest mustache upon his face. (True manhood demands both moral integrity and the outward dignity of adulthood.)

“Malayalam Proverb:
ആകാശം വീഴുമ്പോൾ മുട്ടുകൊടുക്കാറുണ്ടോ”
— English Translation:
Does anyone prop up the sky with a wooden peg when it falls? (Puny human interventions cannot stop an all-encompassing catastrophe.)

“Malayalam Proverb:
ആണിനും തൂണിനും അടങ്ങാത്തവൾ”
— English Translation:
One who yields neither to man nor to stone pillar. (Utterly stubborn, uncontrollable, and defying all authority and restraint.)

“Malayalam Proverb:
ആകെ മുങ്ങിയാൽ കുളിരില്ല (ശീതമില്ല)”
— English Translation:
Once you are completely submerged, the water ceases to feel cold. (Once you are totally committed to a hardship, the dread and hesitation vanish.)