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“ കടുകീറി കണക്കു; ആനകെട്ടി ഓശാരം”
English Translation:
Splitting a mustard seed for strict accounting, while gifting an elephant as a casual favor. (Absurdly stingy over trivial pennies while recklessly squandering colossal fortunes.)

“ മുത്തിനു മുങ്ങുന്നേരം അളിയൻ പിടിക്കണം കയർ”
English Translation:
When diving deep for pearls, have your brother-in-law hold the lifeline rope. (In life-or-death enterprises, entrust your safety only to someone with a bonded family stake in your survival.)

“ ആനക്കെതിരില്ല, ആശക്കതിരില്ല”
English Translation:
Just as an elephant finds no equal, human greed recognizes no boundary. (A rogue force knows no master, and human desire knows no limit.)