310 LIEUT.-COLONEL D. C. PHTLLOTT : 



67. "May your water be warm and your bread cold (sodden) for I'm harried to 

 death by you." (Father to son : a curse.) 



68. Opposite to above : a blessing. 



, 69. " You saw the penis : didn't you see the pumpkin ? 1 " {i.e., you saw my gain 

 but you didn't see the trouble I was put to.) 



70. " My heart is not a table-cloth to be spread before all comers": i.e., I can't 

 tell everyone my secrets. I don't wear my heart on my sleeve. 



71. "A pen-knife doesn't cut its own handle." (A man doesn't injure himself or 

 his belongings.) Vide No. 192. Cf. l Corbies dinna pike out corbies' een. ' 



72. "Even a Qazi will indulge in free drinks/' (You can't hesitate when a thing 

 is free.) 



7,3. "This year's sparrow-brood is teaching last's." Cf. 'Teach your ; grand- 

 mother.' 



74. " One should be like khakshir and agree with all temperaments." 



75. " May God cut off a portion of his life and add it to his brains." (Said of a 

 fool.) 



76. " I talked to him till hair grew on my tongue"; (i.e., till I was tired out). 



77. "A broken arm can toil but not a broken heart." 



78. " If you are as long-lived as an ass, I'm as patient as a waiting dog" ; {i.e., 

 I'm not going to be worn out; you won't get out of my clutches.) 



79. " There is a laughter that follows every weeping." Cf. Every cloud has a silver 

 lining.' Vide Nos. 80 and 157. 



80. " Every ' up ' has a ' down.' " (As above.) 



81. " The Haji's dead; well, his camel is spare." Cf. ' It's an ill wind.' 



82. "If you want to be respected don't play with children and slaves." (Don't 

 mix with inferiors.) 



83. " A glad heart or a sorrowful — it's all the same to us " ; (i.e., Do it or not, as 

 you please ; let it happen or not.) 



84. " Were you to draw him on the door of the W.C., the paper " would fall from one's 

 hand." (Said of an ugly person.) 



85. " I went to him to blow his nose and by accident put out his eye." (I tried to 

 do him a good turn but did him a bad one (as for instance by putting in a good word 

 for him with his master who took it ill). Cf. ' Bid a man to a roast and stick him wi' the 

 spit.' 



86. " What do you expect from a hairless palm r " Cf. * You can't get blood out 

 of a stone.' 



87. "I never raised my head from the knee of sorrow." 



88. " A tank without water wants no fish." Cf. ' A blind man needs nae looking 

 glass.' 



89. " A man who has no room requires no carpet." (As above.) 



1 Vide Note 2, p. 311. . . 2 Aftaba is a. long-necked brass vessel used in all ablutions. ' 



