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Bilalang telah men-jadi halanc/. 

 •' The grasshopper has become an eagle." Kl. 89. Hk. Ab. 4. 

 A simile used by Abdullah — not a proverb. 

 Cf. No. 21. — Analt latching men-jadi harimau. 

 Pijat-pijat men-jadi liora-liora. 

 Chaching men-jadi ula/r nag a. 



Bahasa itu tiada di-jual atau di-beli. 

 " Politeness is not sold or bought." Kl, 22. 

 " Civility costs nothing." 



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Tabur bijan di-atas tasik tiada alcan tumbuh. 

 ft G-raiu sown on the surface of a lake is not likely to grow." 

 Kl. 8. 



To do good to those who cannot appreciate benefits is loss of time. 



Cf. Tampal-lianjjasir di-awar lichin tiada alian lehrt. " You may dab 

 " sand on a slippery bamboo, but it won't stick." 



You may lavish good advice and counsel on a fool, but it is a fruitless opera- 

 tion. • 



Bijan, Sesamum Indicum=Ze/^«. Klinkert has biji-an, seeds, apparent- 

 ly for biji-biji-an. 



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 Tangan yang clielaha harja jatoh. 



'■' In an unlucky hand everything fails." Kl. 100. 

 Favre's explanation is not lucid. 

 No secondary meaning. Not a proverb. 



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Talcut titeh lalu tumpah. 

 " From fear of losing a drop the whole is spilt." Kl. 36. 

 Excessive caution is not always the wisest policy and may defeat its own ob- 

 ject. "Nothing venture nothing win." See M. 223, 



