40 MALAX PEOYERHS. 



" To make good one's word."' 



Klinkert and Favre have meng-a-mang-amang. Marsden gives the 

 word amang. In Perak the word is mavgmang. Cf . M. 253. 



Bctrang siapct meng-gali lobang iga juga ter-prosoh fca-dalam-nia. 



" Whosoever digs a pit he shall fall into it himself." Kl. 92. 

 Ilk. Ab. 165. 



He who lays a snare for his neighbour will probably suffer for it. Cf . 

 Proverbs, XXVI, 27. 



See Journal, Straits Branch, R. A. S., No. 3, -p. -19. 



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Bag ei t a while ber-sendi griding. 

 " Like horn set with ivory." Kl. 163. 

 An unequal match. 



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Balilc belakang lain bichara. 



" Behind the back another stjde of language." Kl. 87. 

 Said of false friends who say one thing to a man's face and another be- 

 hind his back. 



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/»('///■ ma£« deny an na ma gang baihjangan hi (hip dengan nama 



gang jaliat. 

 " It is better to die with a good name than to live with a bad 

 •' one." (Hang Tuah, 89.) Cf. M. 230. 



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Ber-apa berat mata inemandang berat juga balm memihul. 

 " Seemingly heavy to the eyes which look at it, but really 

 " heavy to the shoulders whicdi have to carry it." Kl. 58. 



A thing may seem easy enough to the looker on or to one who volunteers 

 advice, though it maybe quite the reverse for the man who has to perform it. 

 The man who has to do a thing knows his own business best. 



