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“ ഇരിമ്പുണ്ണും നീരുണ്ടൊ ഞെക്കിയാൽ കക്കൂ”
English Translation:
Will water quenched inside iron ever squeeze back out under pressure? (What has been absorbed by a stone-hearted miser can never be recovered.)

“ തള്ള തടിവഴിയെങ്കിൽ പിള്ള എലച്ചിൽ വഴി”
English Translation:
If the mother runs along the trunk, the offspring scuttles along the slender twigs. (The younger generation often exceeds the older in daring, reckless, or volatile ways.)

“ തവിടുള്ളപ്പോൾ ശർക്കരയില്ല, ശർക്കരയുള്ളപ്പോൾ തവിടില്ല”
English Translation:
When there is bran there is no jaggery; when there is jaggery there is no bran. (The persistent irony of timing; complementary necessities rarely align when one is ready to enjoy them.)