Learn Malay Idiom
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Bulat kata "Bulat air oleh pembuluh, bulat kata oleh muafakat", to learn Malay idiom sometimes involve knowing the related Malay proverb. As water is rounded up in a bamboo duct, people are united in thoughts when they reach an agreement after a conference.
Bulat suara Unanimous.
Fatwa yang melarang orang bukan Islam menukar nama kepada "bin" atau "binti Abdullah" apabila memeluk agama Islam merupakan keputusan sebulat suara ahli Majlis Fatwa negeri Perlis.
The ruling that prohibits new converts of Islam to change their names to "bin" or "binti Abdullah" is a unanimous decision of all members of Perlis Fatwa Committee.
Bulat tekad Determined as bulat hati.
Bunga bangsa National hero.
Para sukarelawan yang bertungkus-lumus membantu mangsa bencana alam merupakan bunga bangsa sebenar.
Volunteers who work hard helping victims of natural disasters are the true national heroes.
Bunga bibir Flattering words from the lips.
Laporan akhbar utama dalam negeri kebanyakannya sekadar bunga bibir.
Most domestic mainstream press reports are just flattering.
Bunga dedap A good-looking person but, ill-mannered.
My newslatter back issue on Bunga Dedap
Bunga wang Interest that is charged or, earned. Compare with anak wang.
Banyak orang tidak suka menyimpan wang di bank kerana bunga wangnya rendah.
Many people do not like to save money in banks due to the low interests.
Bunting batang Reach the full stage of pregnancy and is ready to give birth. Why batang? Batang tubuh refers to the body, maybe it's because the body of the baby is fully developed at this stage.
Bunting kerbau More than nine months of pregnancy. Gestation period of a buffalo is 310 days or, more than 10 months.
Adakalanya tempoh kehamilan boleh mencapai sehingga sepuluh hingga dua belas bulan yang dipanggil bunting kerbau
Sometimes gestation period can reach up to 10 or 12 months which is called "bunting kerbau".
Bunting padi A woman's beautiful calf of leg. Let's try to learn Malay mentality here...why do they think the paddy is beautiful? Or rather, padi here is anything small. Hmm small calves of a slim lady.
Seorang perempuan yang duduk bersilang kaki kelihatan sopan dan menyerlahkan bunting padinya.
A woman who sits crossed-legged looks presentable and shows off her nice calves.
Bunting pelamin Become pregnant after being married on the pelamin or wedding dais. Not sure what is pelamin? Time to learn Malay wedding. Used to denote pregnancy within the first month of marriage.
Puan Low yang bunting pelamin berikutan perkahwinannya November menimang cahaya mata pada bulan Ogos.
Mrs Low was pregnant right after her wedding in November, gave birth in August.
Buru hutang Desperate due to debts.
Buru nafsu To go after the desire of one's heart, henceforth to act in haste.
Jangan terburu nafsu membuat pilihan pasangan hidup.
Don't make haste in choosing a marriage mate.
Buruk makan Gluttonous.
Pakar menyatakan, kebiasaan buruk makan itu tidak menguntungkan pertumbuhan anak-anak.
Specialists said that being gluttonous is not beneficial to the growth of children.
Buruk perut Eat a lot.
Buruk sangka Prejudiced
Awang tidak mahu menyimpan buruk sangka kerana percaya tidak ada guru yang mahu melihat anak didiknya gagal.--Setelah Menteri Pendidikan berkata akan mengenakan tindakan disiplin terhadap guru-guru yang tidak menggunakan bahasa Inggeris dalam pengajaran Sains dan Matematik.
Awang does not want to be prejudiced because he believes no teacher wants to see his student fail. --After the Minister of Education said to take disciplinary actions against teachers who don't use English in teaching science and math.
*Wan agrees with Awang and sympathizes with teachers who learn Malay as the main language, it's difficult for them to adjust.
Buruk siku You ask the recipient of your gift to give it back to you.
Arab Saudi dilaporkan akan terus membantu pejuang Islam seandainya Amerika Syarikat benar-benar `buruk siku' dengan mengambil semula bantuan yang diberikan kepada kepimpinan Palestin sejak 10 tahun lalu.
Saudi Arabia reportedly will continue to support Islamic fighters if United States is serious about taking away all the aids provided to Palestinian leadership for 10 years.
Busuk dada Arrogant.
Buta ayam Cannot see after dusk.
*Deficiency of vitamin A has been known for years to cause blindness from xerophthalmia, a disease of the eye. Xerophthalmia often begins as night blindness, which is also sometimes called "chicken blindness" because it mimics the inability of chickens to see at dusk. As the disease progresses, white, cheese-like tissue accumulates on the eyes. If this deficiency goes untreated, the patients (mainly children) develop severe dry eyes, such that the cornea in the front of the eye develops ulcers and scars. These children eventually go blind. In many developing nations, xerophthalmia was a serious problem. But because children commonly die from respiratory and gastrointestinal infections before they start school, xerophthalmia was considered relatively insignificant.
Beta-karoten juga dikenali sebagai provitamin A mencegah penyakit mata rabun senja atau buta ayam iaitu pandangan kabur pada waktu senja.
Beta-carotene also know as pro-vitamin A prevents night blindess or chicken blindess that is poor vision at dusk.
Buta hati 1. Cruel
Mereka yang ‘buta hati’ matanya celik tetapi tidak ada rasa peduli, tidak ada rasa kasihan melihat penderitaan orang yang dizalimi.
Those who are blind in the heart have their eyes open but they do not have concern or sympathy when they see the suffering of mistreated people.
Buta hati 2. Lack of thinking ability.
Mereka yang ‘buta hati’ , sekadar pandai membaca namun tidak tahu berfikir dan menganalisa.
Those who are blind in the heart may know how to read but do not know how to think and analyze.
*To learn Malay idiom well, We shouldn't be 'buta hati', right?
Buta huruf Illiterate.
Utusan Malaysia Online, 17 September 2006 melaporkan bahawa ada pelatih Program Latihan Khidmat Negara yang buta huruf!-- 17 tahun dan buta huruf!
Utusan Malaysia Online, 17 September 2006 reported that there are National Service trainees who are illiterate! --17 and lliterate!
Buta kayu Same as buta huruf. Illiterate as a log. Hi hih
Buta malam Same as buta ayam.
Buta perut 1. Not using one's thinking ability, from a proverb: "Limau purut tiga serangkai, buta perut tiada akal." How could the digestive organ or the womb be related to thoughts? Though perut also means one's inner emotions, to learn Malay is difficult sometimes, to get a logical reason.
Biar buta mata. Usah buta perut dan buta hati.
Better to lose sight than to lose one's thinking ability and compassion.
Buta perut 2. To eat for the sake of eating and not for the taste.
Pak Lebai buta perut sahaja sedap tak sedap bubuh ke dalam mulut.
Pak Lebai eats blindly, he shoves both tasty and yucky food into the mouth.