78 MALAY PROVERBS. 



248 jC lS*^ 8Jw * f&'l* 



M'anikam sudah men-jadi sekam. 

 " The gem has become chaff." Sha'ir Bidasari, 103. 

 A fall in station. He who was formerly held up to admiration has fallen 

 to insignificance. 



There is a kind of play upon words in the conjunction of v^aniTtam -and seka m t 

 otherwise the connection between jewels and rice-chaff is not obvious. Compare 

 v dang and orang, garam, sai&ragam, in one of the examples given under No. 244. 



Mengembalik-kan m'anikam itu ha-dalam cTiembul-nia. 

 " To put back the precious stone into its box." Kl. 133. 

 To reunite persons or things after an interval of separation. 

 This is apparently a passage from some Malay author with a figurative 

 meaning ; not a proverb. 



250 <&j*i x^Jja^fc p.j\ c) x^U>* 



Mem-basoh-han arang yang ter-chonting di muka. 

 " To wash off the black with which one's face is smudged." 

 Hk. Ab. 360. 



To revenge one's self for an injury ; to wipe out an affront received. 

 Seesi(praT$o. 228. 



251 \f ^pIj jiS p. jo iSj~+* 

 Mem-beri b arang kapada tangan kera. 



11 To give things to the monkeys." 

 i.e., to entrust property to some one who will waste it. 

 See svj}?'a T$o. 182. 



252 JjV JljS^lTpU^ 

 Mem-buang garam ka-dalam laut. 



'•'' To throw salt into the sea." Kl. 134. 

 To lose one's labour for nothing. 



253 (j**^ { j>^ £**..© 

 Memegang besi panas. 



" To hold a hot iron in the hand." Kl. 130. 



Cf. Genggam bara, etc., supra No. 88. 



