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“ അഞ്ചെരുമ കറക്കുന്നതു അയൽ അറിയും; കഞ്ഞിവാര്ൎത്തുണ്ണുന്നതു നെഞ്ഞറിയും”
English Translation:
The neighborhood sees you milking five buffaloes, but only your heart knows you survive on plain rice porridge. (Outward displays of prosperity masking inner poverty or struggle.)

“ അരിയെറിഞ്ഞാൽ ആയിരം കാക്ക”
English Translation:
Scatter a pinch of rice, and a thousand crows flock together. (Dangle a handout or profit, and opportunists appear out of nowhere.)

“ പെണ്ണുങ്ങളോടു കൂറുപറഞ്ഞു കാടികുടിച്ച കയ്യ�”
English Translation:
The rogue who swore undying loyalty to women and ended up drinking sour starch-water. (Blindly relying on fickle promises or seductive flattery leaves one empty-handed and humiliated.)