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“ ആണ്ടബാധ കൊണ്ടേപോകൂ”
English Translation:
An affliction that has festered for a full year will depart only by taking a life. (Deep-seated, chronic troubles never resolve without exacting a heavy toll.)

“ വൈരമുള്ളവനെക്കൊണ്ടു ക്ഷൗരം ചെയ്യിക്കുമ്പോലെ”
English Translation:
Like hiring someone who harbors a deadly grudge to shave your throat. (Placing yourself in total, lethal vulnerability before a known adversary who holds the razor.)

“ കഞ്ഞികുടിച്ചുകിടന്നാലും മീശതുടക്കാനാളു വേണം”
English Translation:
Even if he only sips plain porridge and lies down, he still demands a servant to wipe his mustache. (Absurd aristocratic pretension clinging to hollow vanity amid plain poverty.)