52 m LLAl PBOVBRBS. 



Di-tepuk oyer di dulang ter-jyercltik mulca sindiri juga. 

 " Strike water in a plate with the flat of your hand and it will 

 " Hy up iu your face." Kl. 40. 



If you publish the faults of your relations, the shame will recoil on your- 

 self. 



Cf. Mahu-kah orang meng-Tmjan-hmigaram-nia. M. 170. 



108 £1a Aj>\ fi.)\> o\S *la ^ ***JO 

 Dh-tampal tiada halang hat a hilalang ahu-ldh lialang. 



" Where there are no eagles, the grasshoppers say we are 

 ■' eagles." Kl. 107. Hk. Ah. 163. 



" In the kingdom of the blind, the one-eyed is king." Journal (Straits Branch) 

 R. A. S., No. 3, p. 49. 



109 jJx*yil.>jjKR9.i ,jil c jj\ \?J^ \J>jS-± 

 Deugar-lcan cherifra burong anah di-panghu di-lepus-kan. 



'•'• She listens to the tale of a bird and puts down the child 

 " from her lap." Kl. 111. 

 Feminine misconduct. 

 Cf. M. No. 286. 



110 £)j) OjMj (jX-Jta ^U Oj)\j" (•'XiS^ 



Di-genggam talnit mail di-lepas-kcm talent terbang. 

 •' Grasped, one fears it may die ; released, one fears it may fly 

 -away." Kl. 61. 



Something that one dares not keep for fear of injury to it, and yet is loath 

 to give up, not wishing to lose it altogether. 



111 j^j £j\X«j a*J" Jy*^ 



Daliulu timali saharang besi. 

 " Formerly tin, now iron." Kl. 112. 

 Cf. Dahulu intan saharang jadi hat it Manila. " Once a diamond, now 

 " chalk." Formerly honoured, now sunk into insignificance. 



112 c jja+i ij\j* j^ o/u* jpj.} 

 Duduk aaperti kalalc di-bawah tdmpwrong. 



" Sitting like a frog underneath a cocoa-nut shell." Kl. 110. 

 Hk, Ab. 425. 



