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“Malayalam Proverb:
മാപ്പിള തൊട്ടുതിന്നും മാക്രി കടിച്ചുചത്തും കേട്ടിട്ടുണ്ടോ”
— English Translation:
Have you ever heard of a Muslim eating by merely touching, or anyone dying of a frog's bite? (An absurd impossibility; raising groundless panic over non-existent threats or imagining impossible customs.)

“Malayalam Proverb:
മരത്തിനു കായിഘനമോ”
— English Translation:
Is the fruit ever a heavy burden to the tree that bears it? (A loving parent never considers their own offspring a burden; caring for one's own is natural and effortless.)

“Malayalam Proverb:
മലയാംഭാഷക്ക് തുപ്പായി (ദ്വിഭാഷി) വേണമോ”
— English Translation:
Does one need an interpreter for the Malayalam tongue? (Why employ a middleman or complicated explanation for straightforward, native matters that are already clear to everyone?)

“Malayalam Proverb:
മരത്തിനു വേർ ബലം, മനുഷ്യനു ബന്ധുബലം”
— English Translation:
Roots are the strength of a tree; kinfolk are the strength of a person. (Just as deep roots anchor a tree against storms, a loyal family network provides the bedrock of human security.)

“Malayalam Proverb:
മലമിഴുങ്ങും രാക്ഷസനു വാതിൽപ്പലക പപ്പടം”
— English Translation:
To a demon that swallows whole mountains, a heavy wooden door-plank is a mere papadum. (To a colossal power or an insatiable appetite, what seems a formidable obstacle is merely a fragile, negligible snack.)

“Malayalam Proverb:
മരത്തെക്കാൾ വലിയ കായി”
— English Translation:
A fruit larger than the tree itself. (An outcome, demand, or secondary attachment so massive that it threatens to snap its own foundation.)

“Malayalam Proverb:
മലർന്നുകിടന്നു തുപ്പിയാൽ മാറത്തു വീഴും”
— English Translation:
If you spit while lying flat on your back, it falls squarely upon your own chest. (Slandering elders, benefactors, or one's own family recoils directly upon oneself, bringing self-inflicted disgrace.)

“Malayalam Proverb:
മരമറിഞ്ഞു (നോക്കി) കൊടിവെക്കണം(ഇടണം)”
— English Translation:
Train the climbing vine only after examining the tree. (Choose patrons, partners, or grounds capable of supporting your growth before committing your fortunes to them.)

“Malayalam Proverb:
മല്ലൻപിടിച്ചെടം മർമ്മം”
— English Translation:
Wherever the master wrestler grabs is declared a vital pressure point. (Might makes right; the dominant power dictates terms, and wherever authority strikes is deemed decisive.)

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— English Translation:
For a wooden toy musket, a clay pellet. (Matching a counterfeit or harmless tool with an equally futile component; a completely ineffective setup.)

“Malayalam Proverb:
മലിഞ്ഞാമണ്ണ്, കുറഞ്ഞാൽ പൊന്ന്”
— English Translation:
In surplus it is dirt; in scarcity it is gold. (Scarcity creates value; what is rare is treasured, while what is overly abundant is treated as worthless.)

“Malayalam Proverb:
മരമില്ലാ നാട്ടിൽ ആവണക്കു മഹാമരം”
— English Translation:
In a land without trees, the castor shrub is hailed as a mighty timber tree. (In the kingdom of the blind, the one-eyed man is king; among mediocre people, even minimal talent passes for profound genius.)

“Malayalam Proverb:
മഴനനയാതെ പുഴയിൽ ചാടുക”
— English Translation:
Leaping into the roaring river to avoid getting wet in the rain. (Out of the frying pan into the fire; taking a disastrous, extreme step to escape a minor, passing inconvenience.)

“Malayalam Proverb:
മരിക്കാതിരിപ്പാൻ ജനിക്കാതിരിക്കണം”
— English Translation:
To avoid dying, one must never be born. (Mortality is the unavoidable condition of existence; accepting life means accepting the reality of death.)

“Malayalam Proverb:
മഴയത്തുള്ള എരുമയെപ്പോലെ”
— English Translation:
Like a water buffalo standing placidly in torrential rain. (Utterly indifferent, unbothered, and thick-skinned in the face of harsh conditions or surrounding panic.)

“Malayalam Proverb:
മരിങ്ങിയ പണം മരിച്ചാലും എടുക്കുകയില്ല”
— English Translation:
Wealth hoarded away in secret cannot be taken along when death arrives. (You can't take it with you; hoarded riches remain behind uselessly once life departs.)