"ഗതി കെട്ടാൽ പുലി പുല്ലും തിന്നും" meaning in Malayalam

{
  "etymology_text": "Literally, \"in times of desperation, a tiger will eat even the grass\".",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "gati keṭṭāl puli pulluṁ tinnuṁ",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ml",
        "2": "proverb"
      },
      "expansion": "ഗതി കെട്ടാൽ പുലി പുല്ലും തിന്നും • (gati keṭṭāl puli pulluṁ tinnuṁ)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Malayalam",
  "lang_code": "ml",
  "pos": "proverb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Malayalam entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Malayalam proverbs",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "\"a hungry dog will eat dung\" or \"desperation can make a person do surprising things\""
      ],
      "id": "en-ഗതി_കെട്ടാൽ_പുലി_പുല്ലും_തിന്നും-ml-proverb-Gq-yWSVD",
      "links": [
        [
          "a hungry dog will eat dung",
          "a hungry dog will eat dung"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɡɐd̪i keʈʈaːl puli pullum t̪in̪n̪um/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ഗതി കെട്ടാൽ പുലി പുല്ലും തിന്നും"
}

{
  "etymology_text": "Literally, \"in times of desperation, a tiger will eat even the grass\".",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "gati keṭṭāl puli pulluṁ tinnuṁ",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ml",
        "2": "proverb"
      },
      "expansion": "ഗതി കെട്ടാൽ പുലി പുല്ലും തിന്നും • (gati keṭṭāl puli pulluṁ tinnuṁ)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Malayalam",
  "lang_code": "ml",
  "pos": "proverb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Malayalam entries with incorrect language header",
        "Malayalam lemmas",
        "Malayalam multiword terms",
        "Malayalam proverbs",
        "Malayalam terms with IPA pronunciation"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "\"a hungry dog will eat dung\" or \"desperation can make a person do surprising things\""
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "a hungry dog will eat dung",
          "a hungry dog will eat dung"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɡɐd̪i keʈʈaːl puli pullum t̪in̪n̪um/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ഗതി കെട്ടാൽ പുലി പുല്ലും തിന്നും"
}