64 MAXAY PROVERBS. 



172 'j£j> ji-Via c*;£> aJL *JKx* ^w ,Jx& o^iu. 



Saperti ping g an dengan mangkok salah sadiltit handalc ber-antuh. 

 u Like a plate and cup which on the slightest shake will knock 

 " against each other." Kl. 159. 



Said of two persons related to each other who are always ready to quarrel. 



173 i&ti ^j&i dfrj* *^A** 

 Saperti pucliuk dengan palepah. 



" Like the shoot and the leaf of the palm," Kl. 170. 

 Mutual support. The fronds protect the tender shoot on which the life of 



the tree depends. 



Cf . Saperti awar dengan tebitig. " Like the bamboo and the river bank." 

 Inseparable, each has need of the other. When the bank slips, the bamboo 



falls into the river. When the bamboo falls, it carries the bank with it. 



174 Jj?**" ^2 p ?j* O;0-J 



Saperti polong Jcena sambur. 

 " Like a demon touched with holy water." 

 To be in a state of fright and ready to beg 1 for pardon. 



175 oL ijS-'&zS i\J o/u» 



Saperti pik at ka-liilang-an mata. 

 "' Like a horse-fly which has lost its eyes." 

 To act in a blundering- manner. 



An allusion to a cruel practice of Malays who when they catch a gad-fly 

 pick out its eyes and let it gx>. 



17G \j± a!o ^^.9 ijL* 



Saperti pinang di-belali dua. 

 " Like a betel nut cleft in two." Kl. 113. 

 "As like as two peas." 



177 j»^5 fi\j$ jL-5 o^L*» 



Saperti pinang pulanq ha-tampuk. 

 " Like a betel-nut which returns to its calix." K.L 160. 

 Cf. No. 160. 



