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“ നാന്തല ഇല്ല കോന്തല ഇല്ല”
English Translation:
Possessing neither the tip of a tongue nor a coin in the hem of one’s cloth. (Completely destitute of both persuasive wit and financial means.)

— Malayalam

Related Mantras

“ ഊട്ടുകേട്ട പട്ടർ, ആട്ടുകേട്ട പന്നി, എന്തൊരു പാച്ചൽ”
English Translation:
The priest who heard of a feast, and the wild boar that heard a shout: what a mad sprint! (Moving with frantic speed, whether driven by ravenous greed or blind panic.)

“ കുപ്പചീനക്കിയാൽ (തിളച്ചാൽ) ഓട്ടുക്കലം”
English Translation:
Will smelting common rubbish ever yield a fine bronze vessel? (You cannot refine base filth into something precious; probing dross yields nothing of worth.)

“ ഇണങ്ങിയാൽ നക്കിക്കൊല്ലും, പിണങ്ങിയാൽ കുത്തിക്കൊല്ലും”
English Translation:
When pleased, they smother you to death with licks; when angered, they gore you to death. (Erratic, volatile personalities whose excessive affection is as stifling and dangerous as their outright malice.)