MALAY PHOVETTBS. 45 



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Tahiti '-/can ioma di-buang-han ham deri badan. 

 " Out of fear of vermin, to throw away the clothes one is 

 "wearing." Kl. 26. 



To sacrifice something important through magnifying some trifling danger 



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To/* yaft^ tig a lembar itu tcC 'saw a ng-suwang put us. 

 " A rope of three strands cannot be easily broken. " 

 Kl. 97. 



Union is strength. 



73 <j**-*» J^ u J*^ 

 TV?/w viakan tahu simpan. 



" As you know how to eat, know also how to save." Kl. 75. 

 A maxim enjoining secrecy. The prudent sinner holds his or her tongue. 

 Often quoted in&paniun : — 



Anak ikan di-makan ikan >. 



Anak sia di-dalam tuar 



Tahu makan tahu ber-simpan 



Rahusia jangan bahagi kaluar. 



74 c0^<> o-ljj JJ' 

 Tebal hulit mulca. . 



" The skin of the face is thick." ^ 

 Brazen-faced, shameless. An idiom only ; not a proverb. Favre takes it 

 from a Singapore work, "Halta/yat Dunia" (1855), p. 163. 



75 IjJLj £jlji bb jjaj' 

 Tepuk dada ianya salira. 



" Strike the breast and examine the body." 



" Look before you leap." Think over an undertaking thoroughly before 

 embarking on it. (Livrede Lecture,'No. 7, p. 95.) 



Tepung-nia pun iya malm hweh-nici pun iya malm. 

 •' lie wants both the flour and the cake." 

 Unreasonable expectations. To want to eat the cake and have it too. 



