MALAY PROVERBS. 159 



176. Mengwah-mengivak hagei hidong gajah. 



" Bellowing* as if he had the snout of an elephant." 



An uncomplimentary simile used regarding a person who 

 breathes loud. 



177. Menguap hagei orang ombak. 



" Gasping like a man at the point of death." 



A Perak phrase used of a person to whom every movement 

 seems to be an exertion. 



178. Masam hagei nilcah ta'suka. 

 "As cross as an unwilling bride." 



179. Melabuh-labuh hagei huntal di-thip. 



"Swelling and swelling, like the huntal fish blown out." 



180. Menchonga rupa kerb an j ant an Icemdian. 



" Staring right and left like a buffalo bull which walks 

 last of the herd." 



Said of a man in attendance upon Mohamedan women 

 when they walk abroad. 



181. Mengleting-leting hagei chaching kapanasan, 



Turning round and round, like a worm in the heat ( of 

 the sun)." 



Said of a person wandering about in an undefined and 

 purposeless manner. Favre has (sub voce "chaching") "Seperti 

 chaching kma ayer panas" like a worm touched by hot water, 

 which he explains to mean a person writting under misfor- 

 tune. Mengleting (Perak) me-lenting, wriggling about. 



182. Meriap-riap seperti kangkong di olah jamban, 

 " Flourishing like the kangkong beside a cess-pool." 



Said disparagingly of a person who seems to be doing well 

 in the world. " 111 weeds grow apace." 



Kangkong, (nom d'une plant e potag ere, convoloulus raptans; 

 Favre,) is a very common and rather despised vegetable 

 which grows freely without cultivation. 



