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“ പാഴിൽ അപ്പന്റെമീശകളഞ്ഞു, തൂക്കവുമില്ല”
English Translation:
Shaved off father’s mustache in vain, and it didn’t even fetch any weight on the scales. (Making an irreverent, shameful sacrifice that yields absolutely no practical gain or profit.)

“ ചത്താൽ തല തെക്കു പോലും വടക്കു പോലും”
English Translation:
Once dead, what does it matter whether the head points south or north? (Once life is extinguished or a matter is finished, pedantic rituals and trivial details cease to matter.)

“ വിശ്വാസമില്ലാത്തവർക്കു കഴുത്തറുത്തു കണിച്ചാലും കൺകെട്ടെന്നെ വരു”
English Translation:
Even if you slit your own throat to prove your sincerity to the suspicious, they will dismiss it as a magic trick. (To a cynical, distrustful mind, no amount of sacrifice or transparent proof suffices; they will interpret even mortal integrity as deceit.)