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“ അമ്മചത്തുകിടന്നാലും വാഴക്കാത്തോലു വാരിക്കളഞ്ഞിട്ടുകരയണം”
English Translation:
Even if one’s mother lies dead, sweep up the plantain peels before weeping. (Ridiculous prioritization of petty chores or superficial appearances in the midst of grave tragedy.)

“ കണ്ടറിയാഞ്ഞാൽ കൊണ്ടറിയും”
English Translation:
What you fail to learn by observing others, you will learn the hard way by suffering the blow yourself. (Those who refuse wise counsel must learn through painful personal experience.)

“ വരവരെ മാമിയാർ കഴുതപോലെ”
English Translation:
As the years went by, the mother-in-law turned into a beast of burden. (The gradual erosion of authority; declining from a commanding matriarch into a worn-out, taken-for-granted domestic worker.)