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“ 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.)

“ വെടികൊണ്ടപന്നി പായും പോലെ”
English Translation:
Like a gunshot-wounded wild boar charging in fury. (Rushing blindly in wounded, ferocious panic, violently dangerous to everything in its path.)

“ തീയെന്നു പറഞ്ഞാൽ നാക്കുവേകുമോ (പൊള്ളിപോയൊ)”
English Translation:
Does the tongue blister merely by speaking the word “fire”? (Merely talking about danger or naming harsh realities causes no physical harm; words are not the things themselves.)