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“ താൻ ചെന്നാൽ മോർ കിട്ടാത്തെടത്തുനീന്നൊ ആളെ അയച്ചാൽ പാൽ കിട്ടുന്നു”
English Translation:
Where you couldn’t get even buttermilk by going in person, will sending a proxy fetch you fresh milk? (If personal pleading failed to secure even a minor favor, sending an emissary will certainly not produce a grander prize.)

“ കള്ളുപീടികയിൽ നിന്നു പാലു കുടിച്ചാലും കളെളന്നെപറയൂ”
English Translation:
Even if you drink fresh milk inside a toddy tavern, everyone will swear you drank liquor. (Suspicious environments destroy reputation; innocent actions in disreputable places are always judged guilty.)

“ ആനക്കു പന ചക്കര”
English Translation:
To an elephant, an entire palm tree is as easy to devour as a lump of jaggery. (What appears intimidating or impossible to ordinary people is effortless to the powerful.)