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“Malayalam Proverb:
തീക്കൊള്ളികൊണ്ടു അടികൊണ്ട പൂച്ച മിന്നാമിനുങ്ങിയെ കാണുമ്പോൾ പേടിക്കും”
— English Translation:
A cat struck by a firebrand cowers upon seeing a firefly. (Once bitten, twice shy; severe trauma breeds an irrational dread of harmless things that vaguely resemble past pain.)

“Malayalam Proverb:
തീക്കൊള്ളിമെലെ മീറു കളിക്കുമ്പോലെ”
— English Translation:
Like a tiny ant playing upon a burning brand. (Courting certain destruction; heedlessly flirting with lethal danger.)

“Malayalam Proverb:
തീട്ടം കൊണ്ടു കോട്ട കെട്ടിയാൽ നായുരുട്ടിയിട്ടു തിന്നും”
— English Translation:
If a fortress is built of filth, stray dogs will roll it down and devour it. (Institutions or fortunes founded on corruption, deceit, and degradation will be dismantled and humiliated by scavengers.)

“Malayalam Proverb:
താൻ ചെല്ലാകൂലി വട്ടിപ്പുറത്തു”
— English Translation:
The wage for the day you did not go to work sits waiting outside on the basket. (Sarcasm for expecting compensation without labor; unperformed work earns no livelihood.)

“Malayalam Proverb:
തിണ്ടിന്മേൽ നിന്ന് തെറി പറയരുതു”
— English Translation:
Do not stand upon the porch railing and scream foul abuse. (Do not broadcast disgraceful quarrels and insults from a prominent public vantage point.)

“Malayalam Proverb:
താൻ ചെയ്ത പാപം തനിക്കു”
— English Translation:
The sin one committed belongs to oneself alone. (Individual moral responsibility; everyone must personally bear the consequences of their own transgressions.)

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— English Translation:
Each must lie in the pit they dug for themselves. (As you make your bed, so you must lie on it; everyone must endure the outcomes of their own choices.)

“Malayalam Proverb:
താന്താൻ തേടിയതേ താന്താൻ നേടൂ”
— English Translation:
Only what you have earned by your own effort will you truly possess. (Self-earned merit and wealth are the only enduring assets; you reap strictly what you sow.)

“Malayalam Proverb:
താന്താൻ പൊത്തിൽ തോന്തോം”
— English Translation:
Inside one's own hollow, one dances and sings with abandon. (Every cock crows on its own dunghill; within one's private domain, everyone feels sovereign and bold.)

“Malayalam Proverb:
താന്താന്റെ അഭിപ്രായം തെറ്റിപോകയില്ലാ”
— English Translation:
One's own opinion never seems mistaken to oneself. (People are inherently blind to their own biases, always presuming their own views to be infallible.)

“Malayalam Proverb:
താണകണ്ടത്തിൽ എഴുന്നവിള”
— English Translation:
A towering, bountiful crop rising out of a low-lying paddy plot. (Remarkable excellence, virtue, or prosperity emerging from humble, disadvantaged origins.)

“Malayalam Proverb:
താന്തോന്നിക്കും മേന്തോന്നിക്കും പ്രതിയില്ലാ”
— English Translation:
There is no remedy for a willful rebel and an arrogant eccentric. (Obstinate self-will and lawless eccentricity are incorrigible; no counsel or rule can reform someone who respects nothing.)

“Malayalam Proverb:
താണനിലത്തേ നീരോടൂ(നീരൊഴുകൂ); അതിനേദൈവം തുണചെയ്യൂ”
— English Translation:
Water flows only toward low ground; God aids only the humble. (Divine grace and natural abundance bypass the arrogant and pool where there is true humility.)

“Malayalam Proverb:
താൻ നാഴി കറക്കയുമില്ല, മോരിനുവരുന്നവരെ കുത്തുകയും ചെയ്യും”
— English Translation:
Gives not even a cup of milk, yet gores anyone who approaches asking for buttermilk. (A dog-in-the-manger attitude; completely unproductive and unhelpful, while fiercely hostile to anyone seeking assistance.)

“Malayalam Proverb:
താണപുറത്തേ വെള്ളം നിൽക്കൂ”
— English Translation:
Water settles only on the lower ground. (Wisdom, peace, and lasting favor take root in modest, grounded minds rather than puffed-up egos.)

“Malayalam Proverb:
താൻ നേടാപ്പൊന്നിനു മാറ്റില്ല”
— English Translation:
Gold one has not earned by one's own labor carries no genuine purity. (Unearned wealth brings neither lasting satisfaction nor true appreciation; things acquired without sweat are rarely valued.)