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“ മക്ക(ൾ)ച്ചോറു ദുഖച്ചോറു”
English Translation:
Sustenance provided by children is sorrowful food. (Depending on adult children for basic sustenance in old age often brings heartache, humiliation, and loss of independence.)

“ കുളത്തിൽനിന്നു പോയാൽ വലയിൽ, വലയിൽനിന്നു പോയാൽ കുളത്തിൽ”
English Translation:
Out of the pond into the net, out of the net back into the pond. (Trapped in an alternating cycle of capture and escape; or returning safely to one’s natural element.)

“ 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.)