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“ വിളിച്ചുണർത്തി അത്താഴം ഇല്ലെന്നുപറഞ്ഞാലൊ”
English Translation:
What if they wake you from sound sleep only to tell you there is no supper? (Pointless, cruel disruption; raising false expectations only to deliver sheer frustration and disappointment.)

— Malayalam

Related Mantras

“ തടിയെടുത്തവൻ വേട്ടക്കാറ”
English Translation:
Whoever picks up the club is declared the hunter. (Might makes right; whoever brazenly wields force or claims credit passes for the rightful master.)

“ കാര്യം കാണാൻ കഴുതക്കാലും പിടിക്കണം”
English Translation:
To accomplish your purpose, you may have to hold even a donkey’s hooves. (Swallowing one’s pride and flattering even the lowliest fool when an essential goal is on the line.)

“ എഴുന്നകൂത്തു ഏഴുദിവസം, ഇരട്ടിച്ചാൽ പതിന്നാലു”
English Translation:
A dance drama once begun lasts seven days; if doubled, fourteen. (Certain public performances or complicated affairs must run their protracted, predictable course.)