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“ കണ്ണൊടുകൊള്ളേണ്ടത് പുരികത്തോടായിപ്പോയി”
English Translation:
What was destined to strike the eyeball ended up merely grazing the brow. (Suffering only a slight injury where catastrophic, crippling damage was imminent.)

“ ചന്തുവിന്നില്ല ഗുരുത്വം, ചാമണ്ടിക്കുമില്ല ഗുരുത്വം”
English Translation:
Chandu possesses no reverence, and Chamandi possesses no dignity either. (Neither party in a dispute has any moral standing or grace; six of one and half a dozen of the other.)

“ നീണ്ടനാവിനു കുറിയആയുസ്സ്”
English Translation:
A long tongue has a short life. (Those who indulge in reckless gossip, slander, and insolence bring swift trouble and premature ruin upon themselves.)