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“ ചാമ്പത്തോണിക്കു ചീമ്പക്കുഴക്കോൽ”
English Translation:
For a rotten, waterlogged canoe, a cracked, puny oar. (A thoroughly dilapidated, defective setup with mismatched tools bound for imminent failure.)

“ മറക്കലം, തുറക്കലം, പിന്നെ പനക്കലം, പിന്നെയതു പാൽക്കലം”
English Translation:
A hidden vessel, an open vessel, then a toddy jar, and finally a sacred milk pot. (Shifting guises and evolving roles; progressing from concealment to exposure, or from base use to elevated sanctity.)

“ ഈരെടുപ്പാൻ പേൻകൂലി”
English Translation:
Demanding lice as wages for picking out nits. (Performing worthless, trivial labor only to demand an equally useless or obnoxious reward.)