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“ കുളത്തിൽകണ്ട മീൻ കറിക്കാകാ”
English Translation:
A fish seen swimming in the pond cannot be put into the curry. (Don’t count your chickens before they hatch; a distant prospect is not an asset until secured.)

— Malayalam

Related Mantras

“ ഒറ്റാലിൽ കിടന്നതുംപോയി, കിഴക്കുനിന്നു വന്നതും പോയി”
English Translation:
What was inside the wicker trap was lost, and what was swimming in from the east escaped too. (Losing both the certainty in hand and the prospect ahead by being overly greedy.)

“ ആനകൊടുക്കിലും ആശകൊടുക്കരുതു”
English Translation:
Part with an elephant if you must, but never offer false hope. (Better to make a painful material sacrifice than to crush someone with empty promises.)

“ വരാനുള്ളതു വഴിയിൽതങ്ങുമൊ”
English Translation:
Will that which is destined to arrive ever get held up on the road? (What is fated cannot be stopped; destined events and consequences will reach you without fail.)