58 MALAY PSOTERBS. 



136 \*jLJL* £™*-° o~*j\ c^S-i 

 Saperti ombak mem-banting diri-nia. 



" Like a wave which dashes against itself." Kl. 123. 

 Useless rage. 



137 jjp*** (j^*^- 8 <J*^ o^**> 

 Saperti itek menengar-lcan guntur. 



" Like a duck in a thunderstorm." Lit. " which hears thun- 

 " der.") Kl. 115. 



Something that is completely lost upon the person who hears it. He hears, 

 but is none the wiser, like the duck with the thunder. 



138 eJb Jb^ J&\ o^-* 

 Saperti ikan di-dalam belat. 



" Like a fish in a fishing stake." Kl. 51. 

 Used in reference to a state of duress or subjection to the power of some one 

 else, when freedom of action is lost. 



Of. Lalisatiailtan di-dalam. killing. 



139 fdj Jl\*j>\ cjja* 



Saperti oyer dalam ternang, 

 " Like water in an earthen goglet." 

 Said of a person who, after having been noisy, becomes quiet. 



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Saperti bnali padi, makin berisi makin rendah ; saperti buali padi 

 yang hampa, makin lama makin tinggi. 

 " Like an ear of corn, w T hich the fuller it is of grain the lower 

 " it bends, and which grows tall in proportion to its emptiness." 



A man full of learning and ability is modest, while he who has neither is 

 often full of vanity. 



The idea is better put in the following admonitory form : — Buat-lali l ihnu 

 pall makin ber-isi makin tundok, jangan buat Hlm/u lalang makin lama makin 

 tinggi. 



