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“ കട്ടെറുമ്പിനെ പിടിച്ചു ആസനത്തിൻ കീഴിൽ വെക്കുന്നതുപോലെ”
English Translation:
Like catching a stinging carpenter ant and tucking it under your own seat. (Deliberately inviting acute, self-inflicted pain and avoidable trouble upon oneself.)

“ ഏറെബുദ്ധിയുള്ള വരാൽ വരമ്പിനടിയിലല്ലെമുട്ടയിടുന്നതു”
English Translation:
Isn’t it the “extra sharp” snakehead fish that lays its eggs right beneath the farmer’s dike? (Overthinking often leads people to choose the exact place most exposed to ruin.)

“ മരത്തോക്കിനു മണ്ണുണ്�”
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.)