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“ ചോറങ്ങും കൂറിങ്ങും”
English Translation:
Eating rice from that house, while pledging loyalty to this one. (Treacherous, double-dealing conduct; drawing sustenance from one patron while secretly serving another.)

— Malayalam

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“ പണ്ടുമുണ്ടോ ഞണ്ടിനുവാലു”
English Translation:
Did a crab ever possess a tail in ancient times? (An inherent, permanent impossibility cannot suddenly emerge out of nowhere.)

“ മുന്നാരത്തെ പല്ലുകൊണ്ടിളിക്കയും, അണ്ണിയിലെ പല്ലുകൊണ്ടുമുക്കുകയും”
English Translation:
Grinning with the front teeth while gnashing with the molars. (Smiling deceitfully to someone’s face while harboring biting, vicious malice within; two-faced hypocrisy.)

“ കൊത ഏഴുംകൊതച്ചു; കാര്യമൊട്ടുപറ്റിയുമില്ല”
English Translation:
Raised seven flurries of commotion, yet accomplished nothing at all. (Great bluster, frantic scurrying, and zero practical progress.)