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“ എണ്ണിയപയറു അളക്കെണ്ടാ”
English Translation:
Beans that have already been counted do not need to be measured by volume. (Do not waste time re-verifying what is already precisely established.)

— Malayalam

Related Mantras

“ കോഴിമുട്ട ഉടെപ്പാൻ കുറുന്തടി വേണമൊ”
English Translation:
Do you need a heavy club to break a hen’s egg? (Using a sledgehammer to crack a nut; employing wildly excessive force on a fragile, simple matter.)

“ ഉരിനെല്ലുള്ളവനും ഓരേർ പോത്തുള്ളവനും ഒപ്പം തിളച്ചാലോ”
English Translation:
What if the man with a single cup of grain boasts with the same bluster as one who owns a plow of buffaloes? (It is absurd when someone with negligible means tries to match the swagger of the truly prosperous.)

“ പകലെല്ലാം തപസ്സുചെയ്തു, രാത്ര്യിൽ പൈംകുരാലിയുടെ കണ്ണുകുത്തും (പശുവിന്റെ കണ്ണുതിന്നും)”
English Translation:
Meditated in penance all day, only to gouge out the heifer’s eye (or devour the cow’s eye) by night. (Sanctimonious hypocrisy; putting on a pious show by day while committing monstrous deeds under cover of darkness.)