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“ ഉറക്കത്തിൽ കാലുപിടിച്ച പോലെ”
English Translation:
Like clutching someone’s feet while still half-asleep. (Making an irrational, groveling plea or mistaken move in a state of confusion.)

— Malayalam

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“ ചീഞ്ഞചോറ്റിനു ഒടിഞ്ഞ കയിൽ (തവി)”
English Translation:
For spoiled rice, a snapped serving spoon. (Base, low-grade fare served with broken implements; matching poor quality with poor tools.)

“ ഉപ്പിരുന്ന കലവും ഉരുട്ടിരുന്ന മനവും പഴക്കത്തിനില്ല”
English Translation:
An earthen pot that held salt and a heart steeped in deceit will not endure for long. (Just as salt corrodes clay, treacherous malice inevitably destroys the person who harbors it.)

“ വിരൽ വീങ്ങിയാൽ ഉരൽ ആമൊ”
English Translation:
Even if a finger swells up, will it ever become a wooden mortar? (Artificial inflation or puffed-up vanity cannot transform a petty person into a monumental figure.)