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 NORTH INDIAN PROVERBS. 23

37. Id Ice pichhe taru. After the feast it is useless.

38. Kharhuza ddl kd, dm pal kd, (Eat) melons fresh and mangoes kept.

39. Shakl mominon ki^ kdm kdfiron ke.

The face of a saint and the deeds of a devil.

40. Do waqt milte kdm nahin karnd chdMye.

Don't work at the turn of the tide : (distorted up country into " Don't work at the meeting of the day and the night.")

41. Khidmat se ^azmat.

Good service means promotion.

42. Tahil se mahil. A palace for service.

48. GhaMl-dm fasih haz.

Universal error is correct : (usage is preferable to pedantic correct- ness).

44. Nim hakim aur kkatrdjdn. Half a doctor and danger to life.

45. Zabardast kd tJiengd sir par.

The bundle of the strong goes on to your head : (forced labour).

46. Nakti aur zukdn. No nose and a bad cold.

47. Mendak ko zukdn. The frog has caught a cold.

48. Pahild so miriy pichhld so gidi. First is brave, last is coward.

49. ^ Iraqi par has ne chale, Turki ke kdn ainthe

They can't get at the Arab, so they pull the Turk's ears.

50. Himdyati gadhid ^Irdqi ko Idt mare. The protected donkey kicks the Arab horse.

51. Shaitdn kd chdchd.

The devil's uncle : (a very great devil).

52. Shaitdn ki nam. The devil's grandmother.

53. Shaitdn ki khdld.

The devil's aunt : (a very wicked old woman).