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“ കൊമ്പിനുപോയകഴുത കാതറ്റുപോന്നു”
English Translation:
The donkey that went out seeking horns came back with its ears cut off. (Venturing out in greed to gain unnecessary vanities, only to forfeit the basic assets one already had.)

“ അരിയിട്ടും വെച്ചു ഉമിക്കു പിണങ്ങുക”
English Translation:
Cooking the rice for someone, then picking a bitter quarrel over the worthless chaff. (Doing a major kindness, only to ruin it by squabbling over petty trifles.)

“ അഴകും ആയുസ്സും ഒത്തുവരുമോ”
English Translation:
Do supreme beauty and a long life ever come together? (Rarely do all ideal blessings coexist in a single life.)