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“ ചുട്ടകൈ കടിക്കും”
English Translation:
The hand that provided warmth and aid gets bitten. (Cruel ingratitude; returning injury and spite to the very benefactor who nurtured and helped you.)

— Malayalam

Related Mantras

“ സത്യത്തിനു കാലുനാലുണ്ട്”
English Translation:
Truth stands upon four sturdy legs. (Truth is balanced, grounded, and unshakeable on solid foundations, whereas falsehood has no leg to stand on.)

“ കൊണ്ടവനാടുകൊഴുപ്പില്ലെന്നും, വിറ്റവനാടുവിലയില്ലെന്നും”
English Translation:
To the buyer the goat lacked fat, while to the seller the goat fetched no price. (The timeless commercial paradox: the buyer always disparages quality, while the seller always laments being underpaid.)

“ ഇരിമ്പു പഴുക്കുമ്പോൾ കൊല്ലനും കൊല്ലത്തിയും ശേഷിക്കും”
English Translation:
When the iron glows white-hot, only the blacksmith and his wife remain at the forge. (When an ordeal reaches its fiercest intensity, only those with true skin in the game stand their ground.)