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“Malayalam Proverb:
കൊണ്ടാടിയാൽ കരണ്ടിയും ദൈവം”
— English Translation:
If celebrated with devotion, even a wooden ladle becomes a deity. (Sanctity and honor reside in the reverent faith of the observer; anything elevated with dedication commands respect.)

“Malayalam Proverb:
കൊടലു വലിച്ചുകാണിച്ചാലും വാഴനാരെന്നു പറയും”
— English Translation:
Even if you pull out your own entrails to show them, they will insist it is merely plantain fiber. (No matter how transparently you demonstrate your honesty or sacrifice, hardened skeptics will dismiss it as a fraud.)

“Malayalam Proverb:
കൊണ്ടാൽകൊണ്ടപരിച”
— English Translation:
A shield is proven by the blow it takes; conduct is judged by how it is practiced. (Character and resilience are demonstrated through actual tests and lived actions.)

“Malayalam Proverb:
കൊടാത്തവനോടു വീടാതിരിക്ക”
— English Translation:
Never leave accounts unsettled with one who shares nothing. (Keep transactions strictly closed and clear with a miserly person so you owe them no obligation or pretext for complaint.)

“Malayalam Proverb:
കൊണ്ടുംകൊണ്ടു കുലം പേശരുത്”
— English Translation:
Having accepted an alliance, do not slander the lineage. (Never enjoy the hospitality, partnership, or dowry of another household only to turn around and mock their family.)

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— English Translation:
A basket matching the tongs. (Tools, partnerships, and solutions proportioned and suited to one another.)

“Malayalam Proverb:
കൊണ്ടെടത്തുകൊടുക്കാഞ്ഞാൽ രണ്ടെടത്തുകൊടുക്കണം”
— English Translation:
If you fail to repay where you borrowed, you will end up paying in two places. (Defaulting on an honest debt compounds liabilities, leading to litigation and double penalties.)

“Malayalam Proverb:
കൊടുക്കുന്നവൻ വാഴപ്പഴവും കൊടുക്കും, കൊടുക്കാത്തവൻ പശുവിൻപാലും കൊടുക്കയില്ല”
— English Translation:
A generous soul will share even a sweet plantain, while a stingy person will refuse even a cup of milk from a herd of cows. (Generosity comes from character, not abundance; the open-handed share whatever they have, while misers hoard even amid plenty.)

“Malayalam Proverb:
കൊത ഏഴുംകൊതച്ചു; കാര്യമൊട്ടുപറ്റിയുമില്ല”
— English Translation:
Raised seven flurries of commotion, yet accomplished nothing at all. (Great bluster, frantic scurrying, and zero practical progress.)

“Malayalam Proverb:
കൊടുക്കുന്നെടത്താശ കൊല്ലുന്നെടത്തു പേടി”
— English Translation:
Eager craving where handouts are shared, but shivering terror where the execution takes place. (Always first in line to enjoy benefits and privileges, but cowardly and absent when risk, duty, or consequences arise.)

“Malayalam Proverb:
കൊതിച്ചതുവരാ; വിധിച്ചതെവരൂ”
— English Translation:
What is mere craving will not arrive; only what is destined will come to pass. (Outcomes are governed by destiny and practical reality, not wishful daydreaming.)

“Malayalam Proverb:
കൊടുത്ത കൈക്കാശയും, കൊണ്ട കൈക്കുപേടിയും”
— English Translation:
For the hand that lent, anxious expectation; for the hand that took, constant dread. (The creditor frets over the return of capital, while the debtor lives in anxiety and fear of repayment.)

“Malayalam Proverb:
കൊടുത്തതൊക്കെ കൊണ്ടേ തീരൂ”
— English Translation:
Whatever you have dealt out must be reaped in return. (What goes around comes around; the inexorable law of karma ensures you face the consequences of your deeds.)

“Malayalam Proverb:
കൊടുത്താൽ കിട്ടും നിശ്ചയം”
— English Translation:
Give generously, and you shall surely receive. (Acts of genuine charity and kindness inevitably return to bless the giver.)

“Malayalam Proverb:
കൊക്കിനുവെച്ചതു ചക്കിക്കു- (ചക്കക്കു)”
— English Translation:
What was aimed at the crane struck Chakki (or hit the jackfruit). (A misdirected strike; an action intended for one target unintentionally impacts an innocent bystander.)

“Malayalam Proverb:
കൊട്ടയിൽ പിടിച്ചിട്ട പാമ്പുപോലെ”
— English Translation:
Like a venomous serpent trapped inside a wicker basket. (Harboring contained, seething fury, waiting for the slightest opening to strike.)