পৃষ্ঠা:Some Assamese proverbs.djvu/১০০

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90 SOME ASSAMESE PROVERBS. 268. Sesamum. Muhar mar dekhi tile bet melib. Seeing the •'* mdk " beaten out, the Sv.samum has split itself (for fear of being beaten). f^9i (til) = sesamum orientale. The proverb is meant as a hit at people who are too officious. 269. The best crops. Bhah chikun parar, po chikun gh rar. The best crops are those growing on the fields of others, the beat sons are those at home. The above means that people are never satisfied with their own crops, but are envious of those of others. Class VI. PROVERBS RELATING TO CATTLE, ANIMALS, FISH, AND INSECTS. 270. The paddy-hird and the fish, ^R^ 5jf5^ ^5lfiT ^JTI I AJhik machhat bagaU kand. When fith are too plentiful, the paddy-bird is blind. i.e.y the fish are so thick, that he does not know which to catch first, and so, perhaps, all escape him, hence the saying that he is blind. Adhik mdchat jogi ad baol. When fish are too plentiful, a mendicant {lit. hermit) becomes halt-mad.