go MALAY PROVERBS. 



This Proverb contains an idiom ; put eh mat a (white eyes) 

 being a common Malay expression signifying "ill-feeling," 

 "black blood, " &c. The meaning of the above Proverb thus 

 is, that it is better that a quarrel should come to a head, even 

 though it ends in the death of one of the parties concerned; 

 rather than that ill-feeling should exist endlessly. 



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Be-ber-apa-kah taj am pisau parang tajam lagimulut 

 manusia. 

 However sharp is a knife or a chopper, sharper yet is the 

 human tongue. 



Betul-betul ekor anjing kalau bagai-mana pun ada puga 

 bengkok-nya. 



However straight a dog's tail may be, it will still be crooked. 

 A rogue will never be altogether honest. 



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Bechara-kan rumput di-haiaman orang di-halaman sendiri 

 rumput sampai ka-kaki tangga. 



To take thought of the grass on one's neighbour's lawn 

 while that on one's own house-plot spreads even unto the foot 

 of the door-step. 



The beam and the mote. 



Be-ber-apa pun anjing meny-alak bukit bulih-kah runt oh. 



