మళయాలములో చెవులు కుట్టుతారని, మాయవరములోనుంచి చెవులు మూసుకొని పోయినట్టు.

This expression is used to convey that someone is highly experienced, clever, or not easily deceived. By saying a 'goldsmith' (a professional expert) did the piercing, the speaker implies they have been seasoned by experts or have seen enough of the world to know better than to be fooled.

This proverb describes a situation where someone's extreme affection or over-enthusiasm actually leads to harming the person they love. It is used when a task is handled with excessive force or inappropriate tools in an attempt to be extra careful or special, resulting in a disaster instead of a benefit.

This is a blunt and often rude expression used to tell someone to shut up or stay quiet. It is commonly used when someone is talking unnecessarily, annoying others, or meddling in affairs that do not concern them. It literally instructs the person to 'shut it' and remain still.

This expression is used sarcastically to indicate that the speaker is not a fool and cannot be easily deceived. By saying 'the same goldsmith pierced my ears too', the speaker implies they have as much experience, wisdom, or sharpness as the person trying to trick them.

This proverb is used to mock people who act with excessive, inappropriate, or destructive zeal. When something rare or precious happens, one should treat it with care. Using a heavy tool like a crowbar for a delicate task like ear-piercing symbolizes a lack of common sense or an overreaction that ruins the very thing being celebrated.

Ridiculing unusual and extraordinary care being taken of any thing not worthy of it.

This expression is used to describe a person who reacts with unnecessary panic or goes to extreme lengths for a very minor issue. It highlights a situation where someone's worry or investigation is disproportionate to the actual problem, or when someone is trying to verify something obvious in a clumsy way.

Said by an old woman to a thief. * Mel in ore, verba lactis, Fel in corda, fras in factis.

This proverb is used to describe a person who is so hardened or wicked that they have already committed a grave sin or major crime, making a smaller offense seem insignificant to them. It implies that once someone has crossed a major moral boundary (like harming their own mother), they will not hesitate to commit further, even smaller, wrongs against others.

This proverb describes a person who is so cruel or heartless that they have harmed their own closest kin. For such a person, harming others (like an aunt or distant relative) is a trivial matter. It is used to warn others about a person's character; if someone doesn't spare their own family, they certainly won't spare you.

This proverb is used to describe a situation where someone claims equality with another person or object based on a very superficial or irrelevant similarity, while ignoring the vast difference in status, function, or utility. It highlights a false or absurd comparison.

This proverb implies that when a task is performed by a skilled professional or an expert in the field, it is done smoothly without causing any trouble or pain. It emphasizes the importance of expertise and craftsmanship.