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“Malayalam Proverb:
പുലയനെ വെട്ടിയവാൾ കളയാറുണ്ടൊ”
— English Translation:
Does anyone throw away a fine sword simply because it struck an outcaste? (A valuable, sharp instrument is not discarded merely because it was employed in an unpleasant or base task.)

“Malayalam Proverb:
പഴമേൽ‌പിഴയില്ല; മഴമേൽ മുഴയില്ല”
— English Translation:
In ancient traditional wisdom there is no error; upon falling rain there is no ridge. (Time-tested proverbs and natural laws are flawless and level; truth accommodates no dispute.)

“Malayalam Proverb:
പുലി ഏകാദശി നോക്കിയാലും പാരണക്കു പശുതന്നെ”
— English Translation:
Even if a tiger observes the holy Ekadashi fast, it breaks the fast by slaughtering a cow. (Hypocritical pretenses of piety; a predator’s core nature remains lethal regardless of outward vows.)

“Malayalam Proverb:
പുകഞ്ഞകൊള്ളി പുറത്ത്”
— English Translation:
Cast the smoldering firebrand out of the house. (Expel a toxic, quarrelsome person from the community before their bitterness chokes everyone with smoke or sparks a blaze.)

“Malayalam Proverb:
പുല്ലിട്ടതീയും പുലയരെബാന്ധവും”
— English Translation:
A fire fed with straw and alliances with the fickle. (Flaring up into a bright, roaring blaze in an instant, only to die down and vanish just as quickly; lacking substance and endurance.)

“Malayalam Proverb:
പുഞ്ചപ്പാടത്തെ കുളം‌പോലെ”
— English Translation:
Like a deep pond in the middle of a wetland summer paddy field. (An indispensable reservoir of life and relief right in the heart of heavy toil.)

“Malayalam Proverb:
പുല്ലിൽ തൂകിയനെയ് (തവിടു) പോലെ”
— English Translation:
Like clarified butter (or rice bran) spilled onto wild grass. (Wasting precious, nourishing resources where they cannot be recovered or put to any useful purpose.)

“Malayalam Proverb:
പുഞ്ചപുറത്തിട്ടു വേലികെട്ടുക”
— English Translation:
Erecting the protective fence while leaving the wetland crop outside. (Misdirected safeguards; zealously protecting peripheral trivia while leaving the core asset entirely exposed to ruin.)

“Malayalam Proverb:
പുല്ലുതിന്നും ഭൂമിയിൽ കിടക്കണം”
— English Translation:
One must survive on grass and sleep on the bare earth. (Be prepared to endure extreme austerity and hardship; remain humble and grounded when times demand it.)

“Malayalam Proverb:
പുത്തൻപെണ്ണു(അവി) പുരപ്പുറം അടിക്കും; പിന്നെപെണ്ണു ഉണ്ടെടം(വെയിച്ചെടം) അടിക്കയില്ല”
— English Translation:
The brand-new bride will sweep even the top of the thatched roof; but later on, she won't even sweep the floor where she ate. (A new broom sweeps clean; extravagant initial zeal and display quickly deteriorate into chronic laziness and neglect.)

“Malayalam Proverb:
പുല്ലുതച്ചനെല്ലിനു കീറിയപായി”
— English Translation:
For paddy threshed casually from wild grass, a torn mat is good enough. (Inferior, rough produce deserves only humble, makeshift handling; matching low quality with low effort.)

“Malayalam Proverb:
പുത്തരിയിൽ കല്ലുകടിച്ചു”
— English Translation:
Biting down on a stone in the very first morsel of the fresh harvest feast. (An inauspicious, painful setback right at the opening moment of a long-awaited, joyous venture.)

“Malayalam Proverb:
പുളവൻ മൂത്താൽ നീർക്കോലി”
— English Translation:
When a viper grows old, it turns into a harmless water snake. (A fierce, aggressive temperament often softens into toothless harmlessness with age; outward bluster fading over time.)

“Malayalam Proverb:
പുണ്ണിനകം ചികയരുതു”
— English Translation:
Do not probe inside an open ulcer. (Do not rake up painful memories, old grievances, or settled disputes; let wounded hearts heal.)

“Malayalam Proverb:
പൂള പുഴുങ്ങട്ടെടീ, പുടഞ്ഞാൽ കാൺപിക്കാം”
— English Translation:
Let the tapioca steam first, woman; once it breaks open, I will show it to you. (Exercise patience; do not demand proof or display of results before the process has reached proper fruition.)

“Malayalam Proverb:
പുണ്ണിലൊരമ്പുതറച്ചതുപോലെ”
— English Translation:
Like an arrow piercing squarely into an existing ulcer. (Inflicting agonizing trauma on an area that was already hurting; adding insult to injury.)