108 MALAY PROVERBS. 



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Seperti tempat gajah lalu. 

 Like a place through which elephants have passed. 

 Said of places through which a royal progress has been made. 



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Seperti saga di-atas talam. 



Like a single pea on a large tray. 



Said of one who is close-fisted and inhospitable. The Bar- 

 mecide's feast. 



Seperti pisau raut bengkok orang bulih betul bengkok 

 kita ta' bulih betul. 



Like a (bent) knife used for scraping rotan. The twists in 

 others can be made straight, but one's own kinks can never be 

 straightened. 



Applied to himself by one who considers that his offences 

 are more severely punished than the offences committed by 

 others. 



" One man may steal a horse, and another may not look over 

 the fence." 



A pisau raut has a slightly curved blade which is about 

 the size of an ordinary razor. This blade is attached to a 

 handle, which is usually double or treble the length of the 

 blade. As its name implies it is used to " scrape " rotan, etc. 



Seperti kerbau men-andok anak dengan papar tidak dengan 



hujong. 



