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Rh 76. Sahij pakke so mithá.

Slowly cooked is savoury.

77. Táolá so báolá.

Fast is foolish: (more haste less speed).

78. Chamrí jáe, damrí na jáe.

Rather my skin than my money: (the miser).

79. Paráí mál par char rove.

The thief weeps over (the loss of) another's property.

80. Jo chorí kartá, woh morí rakh letá hai.

The thief always keeps a hole open (to retreat by).

81. Bál ká tel nikálná.

Taking the oil out of the hair: (exhaustive investigation).

82. Bhúkh men gúlar pakwán.

In hunger wild berries are a relish.

83. Ayá basant, pálá urant.

When spring comes the cold flies away.

84. Bhúkh, nínd, tiryá tajo, kanthá, jo naukarí karo.

My husband, when you take up service you must give up hunger, sleep, and your wife.

85. Bánh pakre kí láj!

The honour of saving him! (According to Indian notions you must protect him for life afterwards.)

86. Míyán phire nák kátne ko, bíbí kahe, "náth baná de!"

The husband wants to cut off her nose and the wife asks for a nose-ring!

87. Galle ká hár.

The garland round the neck: (a man who cannot be got rid off).

88. Dúr kí mandir saháwaní.

A distant temple is beautiful.

89. Ráí ká pahár banáná.

Making a mountain out of a mustard seed.

90. Pahiníye jag bhdátí, kháíye man bhátí.

Dress to please the world, eat to please yourself.

91. Sattrá bahattrá gayá hai.

He has gone to seventy and seventy-two: (he has become a fool).