312 LIBUT.-COLONEL D. C. PHILLOTT : 



90. " First dig the well ' and then steal the minaret." (Make preparations before- 

 hand.) 



91. "What is a dog that you should be its fur?" (Said to a subordinate to 

 deride him through his master.) 



92. " He winnows in the direction whence the wind blows." (He is all things to 

 all men ; a time-server.) 



93. "A servant without pay or ration bosses his master" ; {i.e., he is negligent). 

 (Said to one who doesn't pay his servants.)" 



94. " He who depends on his neighbour goes supperless to bed" ; {i.e., his neigh- 

 bour disappoints him). (Everyone must strive for himself.) 



95. " ' The bride wears nine tumban! ' Her fat bottom is obliged to her ; what have 

 /to do with it?'" 



96. "You're like a double-toothed saw" (that cuts whether drawn backwards 

 or forwards.) (Used of one that runs with the hare and hunts with the hounds.) 



97. "Refreshment does not fill the belly but it does strengthen friendship." 

 (Might be said to a host that omitted to offer sweets or tea.) 



98. "Love from both sides is good : from one side only it is irksome." (Friend- 

 ship or liking must be mutual.) 



99. Another form of No. 98. 



100. " In at one ear and out at another." (To a careless person.) 



101. "A friend in prosperity, a stranger when out of office " (i.e , a fair weather 

 friend). 



102. " These false friends you see 



Are flies round the sugar." 

 (Same as No. 10 1.) 



103. " A wound by the tongue is worse than one by the sword." 



104. " He's a cock that crows at the wrong time." (He does things out of season.) 

 Compare Nos. 45 and 46. 



105. " Domesticity is next to godliness." (Said by a woman to her husband.) 



106. " A penniless lover eats hangar' 1 '' 3 ; (i.e., is neglected). Vide No. 338. 



107. " I have reached old age in this world : 



O youth! where art thou ? Blessed be thy memory." 

 (Said by an old man lamenting his lost youth.) 



108. (a) "None that sowed barley, reaped wheat." 

 (b) "What you sow you'll reap." 



Vide Matt. vii. 16. Cf. ' As ye brew sae ye maun drink,' and 'As yemak your bed 

 sae ye maun lie on't.' 



109. (a) " He that has no brother has no strength in his legs." 

 (b) " He that has no child has no light in his eyes." 



1 The well is to conceal the minaret when stolen 



2 Servants in Persia seldom get fixed pay. They get clothes and food, and must ' make ' what they can. 



S Kangar, a tasteless mountain vegetable somewhat resembling the artichoke: it is cooked and usually eaten with mast. 



