7-i MALAY PEOVEEBS. 



227 j*j*> r&Jyj) vf-jf 

 Korang-Jcorang buhur lebih-lebih sudu. 



" The less porridge the more spoons." Kl. 60. 

 The more trifling- it is, the more fuss is made about it. " Great cry and 

 little wool." " To make a mountain out of a molehill." 



228 p j5 l V^'j&j^j ^>\> L\f 



Kulit babi yang ter-songhoh di-kapala orang. 

 " The pig's skin stuck on a man's head as a cap." Hk. Ab. 360. 

 Figurative mode of describing a deadly insult. Cf. Arang ber-chontmg 



dl-mvha. Sajarah Malayu, 178. SeeM. No. 3. 



229 ^hb ] J** ^ 

 Gajah di-telan ular lidi. 



"The whip-snake has swallowed the elephant." 

 The greater has been conquered by the less. 



230 r a&o iU ijS'Js f-\y?j. *>& U*o A&.1) 



Gajah sama gajah ber-juwang pelandok mati di tengah-tengah. 

 " Two elephants meet in combat and the mouse-deer between 

 " them is killed." Kl. 20. 



Keep out of the quarrels of the powerful or you may chance to be ruined 

 without any fault of your own. 



231 i_>.*a>i AAJI Aftojj *) IS 



Gar am tumpah apa-hah tampat-nia. 

 " If salt is spilt what is its place ? " 



Who will take the trouble to pick it up and put it back again ? Who can 

 tell what the ultimate fate will be of one who has ' ' gone to the dogs ?" 



232 LJ jl.l^ kcJj\*)J> &S 

 Getah ter-banghet kuarah tiba. 



" When the snare has been taken up, the pigeons arrive." 

 Kl. 32. 



" Too late for the fair." Guests have come when the feast is over. Kua- 

 rantxie green pigeons like punei. 



Klixkert and Favke have exhausted much ingenuity over this proverb 

 without getting hold of the right text. They have (/eta, a bedstead, for getah, bird- 

 lime, and could get no translation oTkudr'mi. They have dl-anghat for tor-bang- 

 liety but this is immaterial. 



