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 Buayan pun di-goncliang anah pun di-chobit. 



" To rock the cradle and pinch the baby at the same time." 

 Kl. 76. 



To work both ways. To take the part of one man openly, while secretly en- 

 couraging his adversary. 



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 Budak-budak monyet mendapat bunga ada-kah iya ianu akan 



faidah bunga itu. 

 "When young monkeys get hold of flowers,, do they know the 

 "use of them?" KL 90. 



Saperti monyet dapat bunga, is the proverb, Hk. A b. 108. The quotation 

 above is only an application of it. 



The simile is applied proverbially when ignorant persons get hold of some- 

 thing they don't understand the beauty or value of and soon spoil it. 



Burong gagak itu jikalau di-niandi-kan dengan ayer mawar tiada 

 akan men-jadi puteh bulu-nia, 

 " You may wash the crow with rose-water, but its feathers 

 " won't become white." Hk. Ab. 124, 



Cf. Arang itu jikalau di-basoh dengan ayer mawar sa-kali-pun tiada akan, 

 puteh. Supra, No. 10. Cf. "Can the Ethiopian change his skin or the leo- 

 pard his spots?" 



Bunga-nia di-sunting-kan pangkal-nia di-tendang -kan. 

 " The flower is worn in the ear, but the stalk is cast aside." 

 Cf. Bunga di-petik perdu di-tendang. M. 22. 

 Favre has di-berak-kan instead of di-tendang -kan, but I have thought the 

 latter preferable. 



Buali membacliang burok kulit-nia. 

 " The horse-mango has an ugly rind." 



It does not follow that a rough exterior implies a valueless interior. An 

 excellent man may have a homely appearance. 



The machang, bachang, ambachang or membachang (inangifera fcetida) is a 

 fruit much liked by Malays as a hulam, or condiment. 



