User talk:Nama1509

proverb:

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(malay)

lidah tidak bertulang - it means it is always easier said than done lidah - tongue tidak - no, none; does not; etc; tulang - bone; (bertulang)- having bones;

proverb
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(malay)

harapkan pagar, pagar makan padi - the one that you count on, betrayed you.

harap - hope; count on; -kan - to -; pagar - fence; the divider; makan - (verb) to eat; padi - paddy; rice;

this proverb originate in villages where paddy are planted in squares, and fences or dividers are used to separate the land owners.

proverb:

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(english)

the grass is always greener on the other side.

this proverb means that if you look at your neighbour's they always have more than you. even to the extent of their grass. why would anyone want greener grass? because in old english, they rear cattle, and cattle feed on grass. so they would want greener grass, to keep their cattle well.

proverb:

category:

(english)

the grass is always greener on the other side.

this proverb means that if you look at your neighbour's they always have more than you. even to the extent of their grass. why would anyone want greener grass? because in old english, they rear cattle, and cattle feed on grass. so they would want greener grass, to keep their cattle well.

proverb:

category:

(malay)

mahal rantai dari beruk - it is not worth it.

mahal - expensive rantai - chain; leash; dari - from beruk - a type of monkey

this proverb originate from the people who keeps monkeys to pluck coconut. some well trained monkeys are sold, and they are not cheap. so what happens when the chain or leash are more expensive than the monkey?