324 LIEUT. -COLONEL D. C. PHILLOTT : 



209. "We're lame and the stage is long." ( = That's difficult to obtain as I 

 have inadequate opportunities.) 



210. " Stone breaks stone. Cf. 'Diamond cuts diamond.' 



211. "Either death drives a man to a place or the need of livelihood." (There is 

 a belief that the place of a man's grave is fixed and " its earth draws him.") 



212. "He puts his cheese in a bottle and rubs the bread on the outside." (Said 

 of a niggard.) Cf. ' Potatoes and point.' 



213. "Till the water is made muddy you can't catch fish." Cf. 'You can't make 

 omelettes without breaking eggs.' 



214. "In war halva ' is not meted out." Cf. ' One doesn't make war with rose- 

 water.' 



215. "In the ant's house, dew is a deluge." {i.e., a small loss is great loss to a 

 poor man.) 



216. " A hair from a bear." ' (If you get a hair from a bear it's enough ') ; i.e., you 

 are lucky to get as much from a miser. Cf. ' Sue a beggar and gain a louse.' 



217. "A sweet voice will draw a snake from its hole " ; i.e., You can, by soft words, 

 get good even from an enemy). Cf. 'A soft answer turneth away wrath.' 



218. " The sea does not always remain the same.' (Fickle Fortune.) 



219. " His fist was opened " ; (i.e., his secret was disclosed). 



220. " Patience is the key of success " ; (i.e., by patience you overcome difficulties). 

 Cf. ' All things come to him that waits.' 



221. " You can't take a Turkish bath without sweating." (Of various application. 

 Can be said to one who asks if there is anything to pay.) 



222. (a) " At night cotton-seeds look like pearls." 



(b) " At night cats look like enemies." Cf. ' All cats are grey in the dark,' 

 and ' She might easily pass for 45 in the dusk with the light behind her.' 



223. " Words beget words and wind brings snow." (Used of a quarrel.) Cf. ' Ae 

 lawsuit breeds twenty.' 



224. " His life is like the sun when it has declined to the edge of the roof." 

 Cf. ' He has one foot in the grave.' 



225. " The Tyrant complains of the man over whom he tyrannizes." 



226. " God's chosen have ceased to exist and asses swarm in the kingdom." 



227. " Speak low for walls have ears." 



228. " 'Tis a waste of time to paint the brows of the blind." 



229. " Drink wine, burn pulpits, set fire to your sacred vestments, 



Dwell in idol temples, but don't oppress people." 

 (i.e., all vicesjare small compared to injuring one's fellow-beings.) 



230. " This house is all sunshine." (Always ironical.) 



231. " Bad bddinjans always remain uninjured." Cf. ' It is always the wicked that 

 flourish.' 



I The common halva is made of flower, sugar and butter. The Arabian halivd is mixed with camel's milk. 



