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 Ambil pati-nia buang-kan hampas-nia. 



11 To take the sediment (flour of sago or tapioca) and throw 

 " away the refuse (fibre). " Kl. 84. 



To take out of a thing what is good and reject what is worthless. 



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Untong sabut timbul, untong batu tinggalam. 

 " The lot of cocoa-nut fibre is to float, and the lot of a stone is 

 '•to sink." Hk. Ab. 217. 



Each one must take what chance and fortune send him. 



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Endah khabar deri rupa. 

 " The rumour is better than the reality." Kl. 38. 

 Said of something which has been over-rated by public report and which 

 produces a feeling of disappointment when encountered for the first time. 



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 Anak-anak ikan kecliil men-jadi makan-an ikan ijang besar-besar. 



11 Little fishes are the prey of large ones." (Sajarah Malayu, 6.) 

 The small are always at the mercy of the great. 



Anjing di-tepnk kapala men-j 'ongkit ekor. 

 " If you pat a dog on the head, he wags his tail." 

 Take notice of an inferior, and he will be a thousand times fonder of you than 

 you are of him. 



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Anak kucliing men-jadi Tiarimau. 

 " The kitten has become a tiger." Hk. Ab. 440. 

 A race which has improved, the descendants being superior to their ances- 

 tors. 



The same figure reversed is used to describe degeneracy : — 



Malujikalau anak hart/man men-jadi anak kuching. " It is a shamelvd thing 



