Malay proverbs

calf is given, but then thigh is requested.

Where there is sugar, there are bound to be ants.

Smack a tray of water and you get to wash your face.

Do not think that placid water is without crocodiles.

The existence of the sea means the existence of pirates.

Because of lack of talent in dancing, the floor is blamed.

The Potato grows in silence, The iron corrodes in silence.

Clapping with the right hand only will not produce a noise.

The more sorrow one encounters, the more joy one can contain.

Milk belongs to the cow, but the bull cow gets the publicity.

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