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“ ഇളിച്ചവായനു അപ്പംകിട്ടിയതുപോലെ”
English Translation:
Like an open-mouthed, grinning simpleton having a sweet rice cake drop straight into his mouth. (An unearned, undeserved stroke of sheer good fortune falling into the lap of a fool.)

“ മക്കത്തുചെന്നു ചിരെച്ചാൽ പൊതിയാ തേങ്ങായോളം പൊന്നു കിട്ടും, അവിടെ കൊടുത്താൽ അരി മുഴക്കെകിട്ടും”
English Translation:
Go shave in Mecca and you will earn gold the size of an unhusked coconut, but spend it there and it buys only a handful of rice. (High nominal wages in distant foreign lands are swallowed up by exorbitant living expenses; glittering prospects mask steep realities.)

“ ഊമൻ കണ്ട സ്വപ്നം പോലെ”
English Translation:
Like a dream experienced by a mute person. (Bearing a deep insight or profound feeling that one is utterly powerless to express.)