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 36 170 Mahankurclii, mawadd'achi. The man with patience gets a competency. Wadd'a, to have more than enough, to be rich. 171 Saba'n ido shi ke sa areni. " Being used to of the eye " causes contempt. Familiarity breeds contempt. 172 Sabo dei (da ya yi) shi ke sa arena mutum. Same meaning as above. 173 Ya yi gudu'n garra ya fadi zaggo. He runs from the garra and stumbles over the 'zaggo. Garra, the small species of ant called white ant. Zaggo, the large black one whose sting is rather painful. Out of the frying pan into the fire. 174 Ya yi gndu'n chichifi shigga mache mache. Ya yi gudu'n yeyefi shigga mamako. He runs from the shower and enters a downpour. The first form is as given in Kabbi ; the second as given in Zaria. 1 75 Kaikai ya komo mai shakia. Curses come home to roost. Kaikai, the chaff of any grain. Shakia, pronounce as in English shake. Shika, to keep on pouring grain from one calabash to another so that the chaff may blow away ; to winnow. 176 Bu^nsuru ya je berbera ya dawo da chikki. The he-goat goes a-seeking tiie she-goat; he returns in child. The biter bitten. 177 Masubamu anabasu, mata ta ga anaba miji kasslii. The biter bitten, as a wife who sees her husband beaten (having beaten her).