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“ പണ്ടാരാണ്ടു പറഞ്ഞതുപോലെ”
English Translation:
As somebody long ago once said. (Vaguely citing anonymous ancestral wisdom to validate a personal opinion or excuse.)

“ കയ്യാലപുറത്തെ തേങ്ങാപോലെ”
English Translation:
Like a coconut balanced on top of a mud wall. (Perched in precarious uncertainty, liable to tumble to either side at any moment; sitting on the fence.)

“ കൊത്തിക്കൊണ്ടു പറക്കാനുംവയ്യ, വെച്ചുങ്കൊണ്ടു തിന്നാനുംവയ്യാ”
English Translation:
Unable to fly away with it in the beak, yet unable to set it down and eat in peace. (Trapped in an agonizing predicament with a prize too heavy to carry off and too exposed to enjoy.)