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— English Translation:
When blending into a crowd, even a coward acts like a giant. (Mob mentality; cowards find false bravado when hiding inside a collective throng.)

“Malayalam Proverb:
കുറുപ്പു, കണ്ടൊത്തകുറുപ്പു ഉടുപ്പിന്റെ വിവരം ഞാനറികയില്ല”
— English Translation:
"Kurup, yes, Kandotha Kurup—but as for his clothes, I know nothing." (An evasive, slippery answer that feigns acquaintance while dodging the incriminating fact.)

“Malayalam Proverb:
കുറച്ചുള്ളതും കഞ്ഞിയോട്‌പോയി”
— English Translation:
What little was left went down with the porridge. (Suffering the total loss of one's remaining meager reserve; losing the last scrap of capital.)

“Malayalam Proverb:
കുറ്റം പറവാൻ ആർക്കും കഴിയും”
— English Translation:
Anyone can point out faults. (Finding fault is easy; creating, building, and performing require true ability.)

“Malayalam Proverb:
കുറ്റം പറയുന്നവൻ വാങ്ങാൻ വന്നവനാണ്”
— English Translation:
The one who points out flaws is the one who came to buy. (A buyer criticizes the goods to drive down the price; harsh critique often conceals genuine interest.)

“Malayalam Proverb:
കുരുടൻമാരോടരുത്”
— English Translation:
A blind man should never run a race. (Do not enter perilous, high-speed contests when you lack the necessary vision and foresight.)

“Malayalam Proverb:
കുല പഴുക്കുമ്പോൾ സംക്രാന്തി”
— English Translation:
Whenever the bunch of bananas ripens, that day is a festival. (Joy and celebration belong to the moment when abundance arrives, without waiting for the calendar.)

“Malayalam Proverb:
കുരുടന്റെ മുമ്പിൽ കണ്ണീരൊഴുക്കിയാൽ ഫലമെന്ത്”
— English Translation:
What is the point of weeping before a blind man? (Pleading for empathy or compassion from someone who is incapable of perceiving your grief.)

“Malayalam Proverb:
കുലം എളിയവനു മനം എളിയത്”
— English Translation:
One of humble station has a humble, modest mind. (Longstanding subjection and humble origins condition a person to be timid and self-restrained.)

“Malayalam Proverb:
കുരുടർ ആനയെക്കണ്ടപോലെ”
— English Translation:
Like the blind men trying to perceive an elephant. (Drawing a narrow, distorted conclusion about the whole based merely on an isolated fragment.)

“Malayalam Proverb:
കുലം കെട്ടോനെ ചങ്ങാതിയാക്കല്ല”
— English Translation:
Never make a friend of someone who has disgraced their own lineage. (Avoid allying with people devoid of integrity and moral grounding, for they will surely betray you.)

“Malayalam Proverb:
കുരു വറുത്ത ഓടല്ല, ചക്ക പുഴുങ്ങിയ കലമാകുന്നു”
— English Translation:
This is not a shallow pan used for roasting seeds, but a deep pot used for steaming an entire jackfruit. (This is no trivial, superficial matter; it is a serious, substantial, and weighty enterprise.)

“Malayalam Proverb:
കുലം കേട്ടോന്റെ ചങ്ങാത്തം കെട്ടി, ഊരും ഇല്ല ഉടലും ഇല്ല”
— English Translation:
Befriended a corrupt rogue, and lost both home and health. (Keeping company with unscrupulous scoundrels leads to total social and physical ruin.)

“Malayalam Proverb:
കുരക്കുന്ന പട്ടി(നായ) കടിക്കയില്ല”
— English Translation:
A barking dog does not bite. (Those who threaten loudly and bluster the most rarely follow through with actual harm.)

“Malayalam Proverb:
കുലയറ്റാൽ മടലിൽ തങ്ങാ”
— English Translation:
Once the stem snaps, the fruit cluster will not linger upon the palm frond. (Once the vital bond or institutional support is broken, an individual cannot remain secure.)

“Malayalam Proverb:
കുരക്കുന്ന നായിക്ക് ഒരു പൂളു തേങ്ങാ”
— English Translation:
Toss a piece of coconut to a barking dog. (Throwing a small concession or bribe to a noisy agitator to keep them quiet.)