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“ മലയാംഭാഷക്ക് തുപ്പായി (ദ്വിഭാഷി) വേണമോ”
English Translation:
Does one need an interpreter for the Malayalam tongue? (Why employ a middleman or complicated explanation for straightforward, native matters that are already clear to everyone?)

“ ഇരുന്നുണ്ടവൻ രുചിയറിയാ, കിളച്ചുണ്ടവൻ രുചിയറിയും”
English Translation:
The one who eats in idleness knows not the taste of rice; he who digs the soil with a hoe knows its true sweetness. (Labor sweetens food; things earned by hard sweat carry a satisfaction inherited wealth never knows.)

“ കത്തിവാളൊടു ചോദിച്ചിട്ടൊ കാടുവയ്ക്കുക”
English Translation:
Does one ask permission from the pruning billhook before setting out to clear the jungle? (An authority does not seek consent from the instruments or subordinates employed to execute a command.)