MALAY PROVERBS. 



BY W. E. MAXWELL. 



Continued from page 98. 



61. Di ludah naik hi langit, tvm/pa ka miika sendiri juga . 

 To spit in the air and get it back in one's own face. 



To speak evil of his own family or relations is an injury 

 which recoils upon the speaker himself. " To wash one's dirty 

 linen in public." 



02. Dimaua semut mati halau tidah dalam gula ? 

 Where is it that ants die if not in sugar ? 



Ruin is commonly the result when everything is aban- 

 doned for the sake of pleasure. 



The justness of the illustration will be apparent to every 

 one who has lived in the East. How to keep sugar free from 

 ants is one of the problems that puzzles every Anglo-Indian. 



i)S. Deri jauh orang anglcat telunjulc, Icalau dekat dia ang- 

 kat mat a. 



From afar men point the finger at him ; if he is close by 

 they make grimaces (lit. lift the eyes). 



A man who has disgraced himself, and who is an object of 

 contempt to his neighbours. 



6-4. Dimiuta hapada gang ada 9 

 Berhaul pada Kramat, 

 Merajuh pada yang hasih. 

 Ask from one who has something bo bestow, 

 \<c vows at a shrine, 



lome one who is fond of you. 



