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“ കാണ്മാൻ കൊള്ളാം, തിന്മാൻ ആകാ”
English Translation:
Splendid to look upon, but utterly unfit to eat. (Visually dazzling but functionally useless or unpalatable; pleasing to the eye, worthless in practice.)

— Malayalam

Related Mantras

“ അശ്വിനിദേവന്മാർ വന്നാൽ സാധിക്കും”
English Translation:
Possible only if the celestial physicians descend from heaven. (A hopeless situation that only an impossible miracle can fix.)

“ അകൗശലലക്ഷണം സാധനദൂഷ്യം”
English Translation:
Blaming the material is the hallmark of poor workmanship. (A bad workman blames his tools.)

“ ചത്തൊന്റെ വീട്ടിൽ കൊന്നൊൻറെ പാട്ടു”
English Translation:
The murderer singing festive ballads inside the house of the deceased. (Unspeakable, brazen cruelty; openly mocking and tormenting a victim’s family in their grief.)