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“ കടുകീറി കണക്കു; ആനകെട്ടി ഓശാരം”
English Translation:
Splitting a mustard seed for strict accounting, while gifting an elephant as a casual favor. (Absurdly stingy over trivial pennies while recklessly squandering colossal fortunes.)

“ അരമനകാത്താൽ വെറുമനപോകാ”
English Translation:
Attend faithfully upon the royal court, and you will not return to an empty home. (Loyal, dedicated service to influential masters eventually brings sustenance and reward.)

“ ഇണങ്ങിയാൽ നക്കിക്കൊല്ലും, പിണങ്ങിയാൽ കുത്തിക്കൊല്ലും”
English Translation:
When pleased, they smother you to death with licks; when angered, they gore you to death. (Erratic, volatile personalities whose excessive affection is as stifling and dangerous as their outright malice.)