kokatath thailaya

English translation:

kokatath: for anything
thailaya (n): medicinal oil

Literal meaning:

Medicinal oil (cure) for any illness

Idiomatic meaning:

Solution for all problems

Gahen wetuna minihata gona enna wage

English translation:

gaha (n): tree             gahen: from the tree

wetenawa (v): fall      wetuna: fallen

miniha (n): man         minihata: to the man

gona (n): bull

aninawa (v): gore       enna: was/were gored

wage (Prep): like

Literal meaning:

Falling from the tree only to be gored by a bull

Idiomatic meaning:

Face a double whammy.

Kedena deege hewanellath edalu

English translation:

Kedena (Adj): doomed

deege (N): marriage

hewanella (n): shadow

edai (Adj): crooked

Literal meaning:

Even the shadow of a doomed marriage is crooked.

Idiomatic meaning:

Everything associated with a looming disaster brings evil.

Higannage paththareta henahura watuna wage

English translation:

higanna (n): beggar

paththaraya (n): bowl

henahura (n): Saturn

wetenawa (v): fall

wage (prep): like

Literal meaning:

Saturn landing in the beggar's plate

Idiomatic meaning:

Graver disaster befalling on a hapless person

Yuddeta nethi kaduwa kos kotannada?

English translation:

Yudde (n): war
Nethi (prep): without/ not available
Kaduwa (n): sword
Kos (n): jack fruit
Kotanawa (v): slice

Literal meaning:

Should the sword slice jack fruit if it is not used for war?

Idiomatic meaning:

What is the use if the implement is not used for its intended purpose?

Atheesareta amude gasanawa wage

English translation:

Atheesare (n): dysentery
amude (n): loincloth
gasanawa (v): wear
wage (prep): like

Literal meaning:

Wear a loincloth to control dysentery

Idiomatic meaning:

Use a futile method to solve a grave problem

Lella nethi kesel gediya wage

English translation:

lella (n): skin of a fruit

nethi (prep): without

kesel (n): banana

gediya (n): fruit

wage (prep): like

Literal meaning:

a banana without the skin

Idiomatic meaning:

without any protection against attack

Kahi ganee deela hotu ganee ganeema

English translation:

kahi (adj) = coughing

ganee (n) = a woman

deela (v) = give 

hotu (adj) =  with a runny nose

ganeema (v) = accept

Literal meaning: 
 

Choosing a woman with a cold in place of another with a cold

Idiomatic meaning:

Opting for an equally bad solution for want a better alternative

Atuwa kada putuwa hedeema

English translation:

atuwa (n) = paddy storage bin

kadanawa (v) = dismantle    kada = dismantle something in order to

putuwa (n) = chair

hadanawa (v) = make           hedeema = making

Literal meaning:

Dismantle the paddy storage bin in order to make a chair

Idiomatic meaning:

Use something of more importance to make another of less importance

Wetath Niyarath Goyam kanam

SL Idiom (Sinhala):

Wetath Niyarath Goyam kanam kata kiyannada e amaruwa

/wetəɵ nɪjərəɵ gɔjəm ka:nəm ka:tə kɪjənnədə e ama:rʊwə/

English translation:

Weta (n) = fence
Niyara (n) = ridge
ath (suffix) = too, also
Goyam (n) = rice plants
kanawa (v) = eat               kanam = if (they) eat
kata (n) = to whom
kiyanawa (v) = tell           kiyannada = Should I tell?
e (ProN) = that
amaruwa (n) = pain

Literal meaning:

Whom can we turn to when the ridge and the fence ‘eat’ rice plants?

Idiomatic meaning:

If the same person allows himself to inflict harm on his own hard-earned property, there is no one else to blame for it. He has to bear the full responsibility for the self-destruction.