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“ ചപ്പച്ചിക്കു ചവറുനായരു”
English Translation:
For trashy Chappachi, a rubbish Nair. (A matching pair of low-grade or mediocre personalities; suited to one another.)

“ ഉടുപ്പാനില്ലാഞ്ഞാൽ എങ്ങിനെ അയലിന്മേലിടും”
English Translation:
If one has no clothes to wear, how can one hang laundry on the clothesline? (When you lack the bare necessities to survive, you cannot put on an outward display of luxury and vanity.)

“ അച്ഛൻ ആനപ്പുറത്തുകയറിയാൽ മകന്റെ പൃഷ്ഠത്തിൽ തഴമ്പുകാണുമൊ-ച്ഛനുപിറന്ന മകനും അടിച്ചിപ്പാരചൂട്ടയും രണ്ടുമുതകും”
English Translation:
Just because the father rides an elephant, will calluses show on the son’s backside? A true-born son, a dried torch, and two backs cannot be conflated. (One person’s toil cannot substitute for another’s; inherited reputation is no replacement for personal experience.)