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Malaysia Old SayingsHuman Social Behaviour
| Where the soil is stepped, is where the sky is upheld. | Di mana bumi dipijak, di situ langit dijunjung. |
| We follow the custom of the place we live in | Di tempat kita tinggal, di situlah adatnya kita turut. |
| Hornbill with hornbill, sparrow with sparrow. | Enggang sama enggang, pipit sama pipit. |
| Associate with those who are of the same status with us. | Bercampur gaul dengan orang yang setaraf dengan kita. |
| Different field has different grasshoppers, different river has different fish. | Lain padang lain belalang, lain lubuk lain ikannya. |
| Different countries have different customs. | Lain negara lain adat resamnya. |
| If there is no wind, it is impossible the tree sways. | Kalau tidak ada angin, masakan pokok bergoyang. |
| An effect must have a cause. Another similar Bahasa Malaysia old sayings :" There is rice, there is crust." | Sesuatu kejadian mesti ada sebabnya. Ada pepatah lain yang berbunyi: " ada kerak adalah nasi." |
| An elephant dies, it leaves behind bones ( why they don't say tusk? ); a tiger dies, it leaves behind stripes; a man dies, he leaves behind a name. | Gajah mati meninggalkan tulang, harimau mati meninggalkan belang, manusia mati meninggalkan nama. |
| The legacy of a good man is a good name; the legacy of a bad man, a ruined reputation. | Orang baik meninggalkan nama baik; orang jahat meninggalkan nama buruk. |
| Many prawns, many salt; many people many temperaments. | Banyak udang banyak garam, banyak orang banyak ragam. |
| Each person has his/her own idiosyncrasies. A similar saying is: " Different tray different stand; different people different heart." | Setiap orang mempunyai citarasa masing-masing. Pepatah yang lebih kurang sama berbunyi: " lailn dulang lain kakinya, lain orang lain hatinya." |
| Into the goats' pen you bleat, into the buffaloes' pen, you moo. | Masuk kandang kambing mengembek, masuk kandang kerbau menguak. |
| Good at adapting to the customs of different places. | Pandai menyesuaikan diri dengan adat resem di tempat yang berlainan. |
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