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“ പച്ചനെല്ലിനു പറയന്റെ അവിടയും വേലചെയ്യാം”
English Translation:
For fresh green paddy, one would even labor on the outcaste’s plot. (When the wage is immediate, wholesome sustenance, false caste pride and social pretensions are quickly set aside.)

“ വെളുത്തേടനെ മുതലപിടിച്ച പോലെ”
English Translation:
Like a crocodile seizing the washerman at the riverbank. (Disaster striking someone at the very place where their daily occupation binds them to work.)

“ തെക്കുംവടക്കും അറിയാത്തവ�”
English Translation:
One who knows neither south nor north. (An utterly clueless individual who lacks basic orientation, discernment, and common sense.)