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“ കൊഞ്ചൻ കോർത്തു കുളവൻ വറ്റു”
English Translation:
Hooked the prime prawn as bait, only to have the pond run dry. (Expending your best resources and investments in pursuit of a prize, only to lose both the bait and the opportunity.)

“ മൂന്നു പെരറിഞ്ഞതു മൂന്നു ലൊകത്തിലും പ്രസിദ്ധം”
English Translation:
What is known to three people is proclaimed across the three worlds. (A secret known to more than two confidants is no secret at all; it will inevitably leak out to become public knowledge.)

“ ആളുണ്ടായാലെന്തുഫലം, ആണുണ്ടായാൽ ഉണ്ട് ഫലം”
English Translation:
What is the point of a crowd of heads? Real benefit comes only when there is a person of true mettle. (Sheer headcount is useless without competence and moral backbone.)