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— English Translation:
One who rears a dog banking on the filth inside other people's bellies. (A parasite who establishes a household dependent solely on the degrading handouts of neighbors.)

“Malayalam Proverb:
ആരാന്റെയും മുതലിനു ആവൊളം പിണങ്ങിയാൽ ആറിലൊന്നുകിട്ടിയെന്നുംവരാം”
— English Translation:
If you contest another man's property with enough fury, you might just walk away with a sixth of it. (Shameless dispute and aggressive litigation over unearned wealth sometimes yield illicit spoils.)

“Malayalam Proverb:
ആരാന്റെയുംവീട്ടിൽ അമ്മാച്ചൻ കറതീരരുത്”
— English Translation:
An uncle should not seek to enforce absolute authority in someone else's house. (Never overstep boundaries or attempt to dominate a household where you are merely a guest.)

“Malayalam Proverb:
ആരാന്റെ ശകുനം പിഴപ്പിക്കാൻ തന്റെ മൂക്കുമുറിച്ചുകളക”
— English Translation:
Cutting off your own nose just to spoil another person's good omen. (Cutting off your nose to spite your face; committing self-destructive acts purely out of spite.)

“Malayalam Proverb:
ആയിരം വേനൽക്കു അരകോടൽ”
— English Translation:
A brief monsoon shower makes up for a thousand scorched summers. (Even a small touch of timely grace revives what seemed parched and ruined by long hardship.)

“Malayalam Proverb:
ആരായാലും അമ്പട്ടന്റെ മുമ്പിൽ തലകുനിക്കും”
— English Translation:
Whoever you may be, you must bow your head before the barber. (Even the mightiest must humble themselves when relying on the hands of another.)

“Malayalam Proverb:
ആയെങ്കിൽ ആയിരം തെങ്ങു (തേങ്ങാ); പോയെങ്കിൽ ആയിരം തേങ്ങാ(തൊണ്ട്)”
— English Translation:
If it prospers, a harvest of a thousand palms; if it fails, a heap of a thousand empty husks. (A high-stakes, all-or-nothing venture.)

“Malayalam Proverb:
ആരിയൻ നെല്ലിന്റെ ഓല മൂത്താലെ ഉണങ്ങു കങ്കമ്പുണ്ണ”
— English Translation:
The blade of prime paddy withers only when fully mature, just like a deep, stubborn ulcer heals only when it runs its full course. (Certain deep ailments and life processes take their own time to resolve and cannot be prematurely rushed.)

“Malayalam Proverb:
ആയെങ്കിൽ ഒരു തോക്ക്; പോയെങ്കിൽ ഒരു വാക്ക്”
— English Translation:
If it works, you win a musket; if it fails, it was just a passing word. (Taking a bold gamble where the upside is huge and the downside is merely a shrug.)

“Malayalam Proverb:
ആരിയൻ വെച്ച ആറ്റിൽ ചാടി”
— English Translation:
Cooked the finest meal of choice rice, and then jumped into the river. (Abandoning life or sabotaging success right at the moment when the fruits of long toil are ready to be savored.)

“Malayalam Proverb:
ആരാച്ചാരുടെ നോട്ടം പോലെ”
— English Translation:
Like the cold stare of an executioner. (A chilling, pitiless gaze that views someone only as a target marked for death.)

“Malayalam Proverb:
ആരിഹ ഐന്തലനാഗത്തൊടു കളിക്കുന്നു”
— English Translation:
Who dares to play games with a five-headed serpent? (Courting certain doom by trifling with an overwhelmingly lethal power.)

“Malayalam Proverb:
ആയിരം കുഞ്ഞിനെ കുഴിക്കുകൊടുത്താലും ഒരു കുഞ്ഞിനെ വളർത്തുവാൻ കൊടുക്കുമൊ”
— English Translation:
A mother might lose a thousand children to the grave, but will she ever surrender one to be raised by another? (A mother's fierce bond would rather bear the tragedy of loss than willingly part with her child to an outsider.)

“Malayalam Proverb:
ആയിരംകുടത്തിന്റെ വാകെട്ടാം, ഒരാളിന്റെ വാകെട്ടാൻ വഹിയാ”
— English Translation:
You can seal the mouths of a thousand earthenware pots, but you cannot seal the mouth of a single person. (It is impossible to muzzle public gossip or prevent loose talk.)

“Malayalam Proverb:
ആയിരം കുറുന്തോട്ടികുടിച്ചാൽ അയലറിയാതെപെറും”
— English Translation:
Drink a thousand doses of sida-root herbal tonic, and you will give birth without the neighbors even noticing. (Thorough, disciplined preparation ensures that even the most grueling ordeal passes swiftly and smoothly.)

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— English Translation:
Half a wild quail is worth more than a thousand chickens. (True quality, potency, and rarity vastly outweigh sheer, common quantity.)