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“ മുണ്ടകൻ വെച്ചിട്ടു മൂലയിലൊളിച്ചു”
English Translation:
Planted the winter crop, and then went and hid in a dark corner. (Starting an ambitious venture only to abandon it to neglect out of fear or indolence.)

— Malayalam

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“ അനച്ചകഞ്ഞിക്കു അരുകുനന്നു”
English Translation:
For piping hot porridge, it is best to eat from the rim inward. (Tackle burning, delicate problems gradually from the periphery rather than plunging into the center.)

“ അവന്റെ വാക്കു പുല്ലെണ്ണപോലെ”
English Translation:
His word is like volatile grass oil. (Slick, unreliable promises that evaporate into thin air.)

“ മൊട്ടത്തലയും കുടുമ്മിയും കൂടെ കൂട്ടിക്കെട്ടുന്നവ”
English Translation:
One who attempts to knot together a bald pate and a hair-tuft. (Forcing completely incompatible, contradictory, and irreconcilable elements into an absurd, unworkable union.)