Malaysian Proverbs & Sayings
A frog beneath a coconut shell believes there is no other world.
– Malay
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Different holes have different fish.
– Malay
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It is in sugar that you see a dead ant.
– Malaysia
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One buffalo brings mud and all the herd are smeared with it.
– Malay
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The existence of the sea means the existence of pirates.
– Malaysia
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The eyes close in sleep, but the pillow remains awake.
– Malaysia
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The junk capsizes and the shark has its bellyful.
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Think not because the cone is bent the sugar is crooked too.
– Malaysia
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Where a carcass is, there will vultures be.
– Malaysia
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Wherever there is a field, there are grasshoppers.
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Will the crocodile reject the carcass?
– Malaysia