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“ ആയെങ്കിൽ ആയിരം തെങ്ങു (തേങ്ങാ); പോയെങ്കിൽ ആയിരം തേങ്ങാ(തൊണ്ട്)”
English Translation:
If it prospers, a harvest of a thousand palms; if it fails, a heap of a thousand empty husks. (A high-stakes, all-or-nothing venture.)

“ പണിക്കർവീണാൽ അഭ്യാസം”
English Translation:
If the martial master falls, he claims it was a planned maneuver. (A vain expert saving face by pretending that an embarrassing slip was a deliberate technique.)

“ കടുചോരുന്നതു കാണും: ആന ചോരുന്നതു കാണുകയില്ല”
English Translation:
Noticing a tiny mustard seed leaking through, yet blind to an entire elephant slipping out. (Straining at a gnat while swallowing a camel; fretting over petty leaks while oblivious to monumental blunders.)