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“Malayalam Proverb:
കുന്തം മുറിച്ച് ഈട്ടി ആക്കരുത്”

— English Translation:
Do not chop down a long spear just to make a short javelin. (Never diminish, downgrade, or mutilate a superior asset to serve a lesser purpose.)

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“Malayalam Proverb:
കുന്തം മുറിച്ച് ഈട്ടി ആക്കരുത്”

— English Translation:
Do not chop down a long spear just to make a short javelin. (Never diminish, downgrade, or mutilate a superior asset to serve a lesser purpose.)

“Malayalam Proverb:
കുരു ഇരന്ന മലയന്നു ചക്കകൊടുത്താൽ ഏറ്റമായി”

— English Translation:
If a hillman begging for seeds is handed a whole jackfruit, it becomes too heavy a burden to carry. (Overwhelming someone with a gift that vastly exceeds their modest capacity to manage.)

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“Malayalam Proverb:
കുരു ഇരന്ന മലയന്നു ചക്കകൊടുത്താൽ ഏറ്റമായി”

— English Translation:
If a hillman begging for seeds is handed a whole jackfruit, it becomes too heavy a burden to carry. (Overwhelming someone with a gift that vastly exceeds their modest capacity to manage.)

“Malayalam Proverb:
കുന്തക്കാരന്റെ വരവും ഗുരുത്വങ്കെട്ടവൻറെ ചെലവും”

— English Translation:
The charge of a spearman and the spending of an unprincipled profligate. (Both arrive with furious momentum, leaving behind total devastation and ruin.)

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“Malayalam Proverb:
കുന്തക്കാരന്റെ വരവും ഗുരുത്വങ്കെട്ടവൻറെ ചെലവും”

— English Translation:
The charge of a spearman and the spending of an unprincipled profligate. (Both arrive with furious momentum, leaving behind total devastation and ruin.)

“Malayalam Proverb:
കുരുടൻ പിടിച്ച വടി പോലെ”

— English Translation:
Like the staff gripped by a blind man. (Clinging tenaciously to something as an absolute lifeline; an unshakeable, relentless hold.)

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“Malayalam Proverb:
കുരുടൻ പിടിച്ച വടി പോലെ”

— English Translation:
Like the staff gripped by a blind man. (Clinging tenaciously to something as an absolute lifeline; an unshakeable, relentless hold.)

“Malayalam Proverb:
കുന്നലക്കോനാതിരിയുടെ പദവിയും ഉള്ളാടൻചെനൻറെ അവസ്ഥയും”

— English Translation:
The royal stature of the Zamorin of Kozhikode compared to the plight of Chenan the tribesman. (A vast, incomparable disparity in status, wealth, and power; worlds apart.)

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“Malayalam Proverb:
കുന്നലക്കോനാതിരിയുടെ പദവിയും ഉള്ളാടൻചെനൻറെ അവസ്ഥയും”

— English Translation:
The royal stature of the Zamorin of Kozhikode compared to the plight of Chenan the tribesman. (A vast, incomparable disparity in status, wealth, and power; worlds apart.)

“Malayalam Proverb:
കുന്നിക്കുരു കപ്പയിൽ ഇട്ടാലും മിന്നും”

— English Translation:
Even if a scarlet rosary seed is dropped into a heap of rubbish, it will still gleam. (True beauty, virtue, and nobility shine through regardless of degraded surroundings.)

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“Malayalam Proverb:
കുന്നിക്കുരു കപ്പയിൽ ഇട്ടാലും മിന്നും”

— English Translation:
Even if a scarlet rosary seed is dropped into a heap of rubbish, it will still gleam. (True beauty, virtue, and nobility shine through regardless of degraded surroundings.)

“Malayalam Proverb:
കുന്നൊളം പൊന്നുകൊടുത്താലും കുന്നിയൊളം സ്ഥാനം കിട്ടാ”

— English Translation:
Even if you pay a mountain of gold, you cannot buy an ounce of genuine honor. (Dignity, character, and noble standing cannot be purchased with money.)

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“Malayalam Proverb:
കുന്നൊളം പൊന്നുകൊടുത്താലും കുന്നിയൊളം സ്ഥാനം കിട്ടാ”

— English Translation:
Even if you pay a mountain of gold, you cannot buy an ounce of genuine honor. (Dignity, character, and noble standing cannot be purchased with money.)

“Malayalam Proverb:
കപ്പച്ചീര കൊഴുത്തെന്നുവച്ച് കപ്പപ്പാമരമാമൊ”

— English Translation:
Just because water spinach grows lush and thick, can it ever serve as a ship's mast? (Superficial plumpness or minor growth cannot substitute for real structural strength and timber.)

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“Malayalam Proverb:
കപ്പച്ചീര കൊഴുത്തെന്നുവച്ച് കപ്പപ്പാമരമാമൊ”

— English Translation:
Just because water spinach grows lush and thick, can it ever serve as a ship's mast? (Superficial plumpness or minor growth cannot substitute for real structural strength and timber.)

“Malayalam Proverb:
കുതിര എത്ര പാഞ്ഞാലും വാൽ കൂടെ നിൽക്കും”

— English Translation:
However fast the horse may gallop, its tail stays right behind it. (You cannot outrun your past, inherent traits, or natural baggage; wherever you go, your nature follows.)

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“Malayalam Proverb:
കുതിര എത്ര പാഞ്ഞാലും വാൽ കൂടെ നിൽക്കും”

— English Translation:
However fast the horse may gallop, its tail stays right behind it. (You cannot outrun your past, inherent traits, or natural baggage; wherever you go, your nature follows.)

“Malayalam Proverb:
കുപ്പയിൽ ഇരുന്നൊൻ മാടം കിനാകാണും”

— English Translation:
He who sits upon a rubbish heap dreams of a grand mansion. (Idling in squalor while indulging in grandiose, unrealistic fantasies.)

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“Malayalam Proverb:
കുപ്പയിൽ ഇരുന്നൊൻ മാടം കിനാകാണും”

— English Translation:
He who sits upon a rubbish heap dreams of a grand mansion. (Idling in squalor while indulging in grandiose, unrealistic fantasies.)

“Malayalam Proverb:
കുത്തുകൊണ്ട പന്നി നെരങ്ങും പോലെ”

— English Translation:
Like a speared wild boar crawling along the dirt. (Scurrying or writhing in agonizing torment and desperate retreat after suffering a crushing blow.)

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“Malayalam Proverb:
കുത്തുകൊണ്ട പന്നി നെരങ്ങും പോലെ”

— English Translation:
Like a speared wild boar crawling along the dirt. (Scurrying or writhing in agonizing torment and desperate retreat after suffering a crushing blow.)

“Malayalam Proverb:
കുപ്പയിൽകിടന്നു കൂർച്ചമാടം (മാളിക) കിനാവുകണ്ടപോലെ”

— English Translation:
Like lying on a refuse pile and dreaming of a palatial tower. (Building castles in the air while living in total destitution.)

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“Malayalam Proverb:
കുപ്പയിൽകിടന്നു കൂർച്ചമാടം (മാളിക) കിനാവുകണ്ടപോലെ”

— English Translation:
Like lying on a refuse pile and dreaming of a palatial tower. (Building castles in the air while living in total destitution.)

“Malayalam Proverb:
കുപ്പചീനക്കിയാൽ (തിളച്ചാൽ) ഓട്ടുക്കലം”

— English Translation:
Will smelting common rubbish ever yield a fine bronze vessel? (You cannot refine base filth into something precious; probing dross yields nothing of worth.)

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“Malayalam Proverb:
കുപ്പചീനക്കിയാൽ (തിളച്ചാൽ) ഓട്ടുക്കലം”

— English Translation:
Will smelting common rubbish ever yield a fine bronze vessel? (You cannot refine base filth into something precious; probing dross yields nothing of worth.)

“Malayalam Proverb:
കുംഭകർണ്ണൻറെ ഉറക്കംപോലെ”

— English Translation:
Like the deep slumber of Kumbhakarna. (An oblivious, impenetrable sleep from which it is nearly impossible to be roused.)

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“Malayalam Proverb:
കുംഭകർണ്ണൻറെ ഉറക്കംപോലെ”

— English Translation:
Like the deep slumber of Kumbhakarna. (An oblivious, impenetrable sleep from which it is nearly impossible to be roused.)