320 LIEUT.-COLONEL D. C. PHILLOTT : 



171. " What comes late lasts long." Cf. ' Slow and sure.' 



172. " Self praise is no recommendation." 



173. " Don't you see that in the pasture one cow infects the whole of the village 

 cattle?" Cf. ' Ae scabbed sheep will smite a hirsel.' 1 



174. "Regret for what's over is useless." Cf. 'No use crying over spilt milk.' 

 Vide No. 207. 



175. "The dead are dead, but let not the living die." Cf. 'Let the dead bury 

 their dead.' 



176. " Peoples are of the religion of their Rulers." {i.e., people follow their leader). 



177. " One bitten by a snake shies at a rope." Cf. 'A burnt child dreads the 

 fire,' and ' A scalded cat fears cold water.' 



178. (a) "Draw water according to the capacity of your vessel." 



{b) Stretch out your legs according to the size of your sleeping blanket. 

 Cf. ' Cut your coat according to your cloth.' 



179. " A lie has no light "; or " A lie does not last." Cf. ' A lie has no legs.' 



180. " Look at his face and don't ask about his circumstances." (His face is an 

 index of his state). 



181. " That pitcher is broken and that measure spilt." {i.e., let bygones be by- 

 gones.) Cf. ' Let a dead flea stick to the wall.' 



182. {a) " He got up from the dust and sat down in the ashes." 



{b) "To take shelter from the rain under a water-spout." Cf. 'Out of the 

 frying pan into the fire.' 



183. " When the water is over one's head what matters it whether it is one fathom 2 

 or a hundred." (By one overwhelmed by debt or other trouble.) Cf. ' In for a penny, 

 in for a pound.' 



184. "By repeated asking one can find one's way to China (By perseverance.) 

 Cf. ' Feather by feather the goose is plucked.' 



185. {a) Carpentry is not the work of a monkey." (From a well-known story.) 

 {b) "It's not in the power of every weaver and cotton-carder ' 



To shoot arrows from a loosley-strung bow." 

 Cf. ' Let the cobbler stick to his last.' 



186. " Apres nous le deluge.' - Vide No. 269. 



187. " Every one is King of his own house " {i.e., every one is entitled to manage 

 his own concerns). Cf. 'An Englishman's home is his castle.' 



188. " A living dog is better than a dead lion." Cf. ' A laying hen is better than 

 a standing mill.' Vide also Eccl. ix. 5. 



189. " Speaking little is a sign of sense." Cf ' Silence is golden.' 



190. " ' I have, I have ' (Present Tense) is of use : 'I had, I had ' (Past Tense) 

 what good is that? " (Said to one boasting of the past). 



1 Hirsel " flock." 



2 Kalla a fathom is 6 feet : originally the space to which a man can extend his arms which is again equal to his height. 



3 A cotton-carder uses a ' kamdn ' in his profession. 



