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“ ഇറച്ചിതിന്മാറുണ്ട്; എല്ലു കോർത്തു കഴുത്തിൽ കെട്ടാറില്ല”
English Translation:
We may eat meat, but we do not string the bones around our neck as a garland. (One may harbor human frailties or private vices, but that is no reason to brazenly flaunt them in public.)

— Malayalam

Related Mantras

“ കണ്ണുചിമ്മി ഇരുട്ടാക്കി”
English Translation:
Shutting one’s own eyes to claim the world has gone dark. (Willful denial of reality; pretending a problem does not exist by refusing to face it.)

“ കണക്കു പറഞ്ഞാൽ കഞ്ഞിക്കു പറ്റില്ല”
English Translation:
If you insist on rigid accounting, you will not have enough to brew simple porridge. (Hyper-exacting calculation destroys the spirit of hospitality and mutual goodwill.)

“ തേങ്ങാ ചോരുന്നതു കാണുകയില്ല, എള്ളു ചോരുന്നതുകാണും”
English Translation:
Blind to coconuts rolling away, yet keenly spotting sesame seeds leaking through. (Penny-wise and pound-foolish; obsessing over microscopic trivia while oblivious to colossal, draining losses.)