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“ അമ്മപോറ്റിയ മക്കളും ഉമ്മപോറ്റിയ കോഴിയും അടങ്ങുകയില്ല”
English Translation:
Children spoiled by an indulgent mother and fowl raised by a doting matriarch will never stay disciplined. (Unchecked pampering fosters unruly, unmanageable behavior.)

“ അരചനന്നുകേൾക്കും ദൈവംനിന്നുകേൾക്കും”
English Translation:
The king delivers judgment the very same day; God bides His time and listens. (Earthly justice acts swiftly, but divine justice grinds slowly and thoroughly.)

“ അമ്മയുറിമേലും പെങ്ങൾ കീഴിലും ഓൾ ഉരലിലും”
English Translation:
Mother on the high hanging shelf, sister below, and wife upon the mortar. (The delicate, often fraught domestic hierarchy and rivalries within a joint household.)

“ അരചനെക്കൊതിച്ചുപുരുഷനെ വെടിഞ്ഞവൾക്കു അരചനുമില്ല പുരുഷനുമില്ല”
English Translation:
She who discarded her husband in hopes of catching a king ended up with neither king nor husband. (Discarding certain security for unattainable ambition leaves one with nothing.)

“ അമ്മയും മകളും പെണ്ണു തന്നെ”
English Translation:
Both mother and daughter are women after all. (Human nature, weaknesses, and tendencies repeat themselves across generations.)

“ അരചൻ വീണാൽ പടയും തീരും”
English Translation:
If the king falls, the battle is over. (When the commander or leader collapses, the entire enterprise falls apart.)

“ അമ്മായി ഉടച്ചതു മൺചട്ടി, മരുമകൾ ഉടച്ചതു പൊൻചട്ടി”
English Translation:
What the mother-in-law broke was merely an earthen pot, but what the daughter-in-law broke was a golden vessel. (Blatant double standards that excuse the powerful while severely condemning the vulnerable.)

“ അരച്ചിടിച്ചാൽ മുഖത്തു തെറിക്കും”
English Translation:
Grinding wet spices with rough violence only spatters them back in your face. (Handling sensitive or heated conflicts aggressively backfires on the agitator.)

“ അമ്മവിട്ട പശുക്കിടാവെ പോലെ”
English Translation:
Like a calf released to run to its mother. (Rushing ahead with unbounded joy, eagerness, and unrestrained freedom.)

“ അരണക്കു മറതി”
English Translation:
As forgetful as a skink. (Possessing an extremely fleeting, momentary memory.)

“ അമ്മയെ തച്ചാൽ അച്ഛൻ ചോദിക്കണം, പെങ്ങളെ തച്ചാൽ അളിയൻ ചോദിക്കണം”
English Translation:
If the mother is struck, the father must demand answers; if the sister is struck, the brother-in-law must intervene. (Grievances should be addressed by the rightful guardian or party holding direct responsibility.)

“ അരണ കടിച്ചാൽ ഉടനെ മരണം (മരണം തിട്ടം)”
English Translation:
If a skink bites you, death is instantaneous. (A superstitious exaggeration representing irrational dread of harmless things.)

“ അമ്മാവിയമ്മ ചത്തിട്ടു മരുമകളുടെ കരച്ചിൽ”
English Translation:
The daughter-in-law weeping over the death of her mother-in-law. (Crocodile tears; shallow, hypocritical mourning.)

“ അരണയുടെ ബുദ്ധി പോലെ”
English Translation:
Like the intellect of a skink. (Erratic, scatterbrained, and incapable of sustained focus.)

“ അമ്മിയും കുഴവിയും ചവുട്ടീട്ടോ വന്നതു”
English Translation:
Did you step across the grinding stone and roller before walking in? (A sharp retort to someone arriving in an aggressive, ill-mannered, or ominous mood.)

“ അരപ്പണത്തിന്റെ പൂച്ച മുക്കാൽ പണത്തിന്റെ നെയ് കുടിച്ചാലൊ”
English Translation:
What good is a half-penny cat that laps up three-quarters of a penny’s worth of ghee? (The maintenance and damage caused by a cheap asset far outstrip its worth.)