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“Malayalam Proverb:
ഉടയോനെപിടിച്ചു കെട്ടുന്നകാലം”
— English Translation:
An era when the master himself is bound in chains. (A lawless, chaotic time when the natural order is upended and legitimate authority is overthrown by rogue subordinates.)

“Malayalam Proverb:
ഈററമായൻനേടിയതു ചക്കമായൻതിന്നും”
— English Translation:
What Reed-Mayan earned by his sweat, Jackfruit-Mayan devours in idleness. (One person toils relentlessly to build a fortune, while an idle parasite wastes it away.)

“Malayalam Proverb:
ഈറെറടുപ്പാൻപോയവൾ ഇരട്ടപെറ്റ”
— English Translation:
The midwife who went to deliver another woman's baby ended up delivering twins of her own. (Going out to help solve someone else's predicament, only to return saddled with double the trouble yourself.)

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— English Translation:
One who respects neither Shiva nor Brahma. (An utterly irreverent, recalcitrant rebel who bows before neither divine law nor human authority.)

“Malayalam Proverb:
ഇളനാ കുടിയറികയില്ല, ഇളയപോത്തു വെട്ടറികയില്ല”
— English Translation:
A young tongue knows no restraint in drinking; an untrained young bull knows not how to cut a straight furrow. (Inexperience lacks both self-control and technical mastery.)

“Malayalam Proverb:
ഈശ്വരാനുഗ്രഹം ശാശ്വതമേവനും”
— English Translation:
Divine grace alone is eternal for mortal man. (Human power and material riches are fleeting; higher providence is the only enduring anchor.)

“Malayalam Proverb:
ഇളമാൻ കടവറിയാ, മതുമാൻ ഓട്ടംവല്ലാ”
— English Translation:
The tender fawn knows not the river crossing; the crazed stag knows only reckless galloping. (Inexperience is blind to hidden hazards, while blind passion rushes headlong into destruction.)

“Malayalam Proverb:
ഈഴം കണ്ടവർ ഇല്ലം കാണുകയില്ല”
— English Translation:
Those who sailed to Eelam (Sri Lanka) never saw their ancestral home again. (Taking high-risk, distant ventures from which few ever return.)

“Malayalam Proverb:
ഇളമ്പക്കത്തോട്ടത്തിൽ നായ്ക്കയറിയതുപോലെ”
— English Translation:
Like a stray dog crashing into an oyster bed. (An awkward, clumsy interloper creating pointless wreckage where he has no business being.)

“Malayalam Proverb:
ഈഴത്തു പോയവർ ഊഴത്തുവന്നു പറ്റുകയില്ല”
— English Translation:
Those who set off for Eelam will never return in time for their rightful turn. (Pursuing distant entanglements causes one to forfeit entitlements and duties at home.)

“Malayalam Proverb:
ഇളിച്ചവായനു അപ്പംകിട്ടിയതുപോലെ”
— English Translation:
Like an open-mouthed, grinning simpleton having a sweet rice cake drop straight into his mouth. (An unearned, undeserved stroke of sheer good fortune falling into the lap of a fool.)

“Malayalam Proverb:
ഈഴത്തെ പെരമ്പുപോലെ, ചാൺ വെട്ടിയാൽ മുളം നീളും”
— English Translation:
Like the cane of Eelam: cut off a handspan, and it grows back a whole cubit. (A stubborn, hydra-headed problem that multiplies the more you attempt to suppress it.)

“Malayalam Proverb:
ഇളിച്ചുപുളിച്ചു പുളിശ്ശേരി കുടിച്ചുപോയി”
— English Translation:
Grimacing and squirming, the sour curry was downed anyway. (Enduring an unpleasant necessity through gritted teeth because there is no way out.)

“Malayalam Proverb:
ഉക്കണ്ടം എനിക്കും തേങ്ങാ മുല്ലപ്പള്ളിക്കും”
— English Translation:
The fibrous dry husk for me, and the rich coconut flesh for Mullappally. (A grossly rigged partnership where the vulnerable laborer gets the trash and the master takes the prize.)

“Malayalam Proverb:
ഈ അരിയുടെ ചോറാകാ”
— English Translation:
This grain will never yield good cooked rice. (This person, raw material, or enterprise is fundamentally defective and will never produce the intended result.)

“Malayalam Proverb:
ഉക്കത്തു പുണ്ണുള്ളവൻ ഊതൽ കടക്കുമൊ”
— English Translation:
Can a man with an open ulcer in his armpit brave the biting wind? (Someone hiding an agonizing, sensitive weakness cannot endure probing scrutiny or harsh conditions.)