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, pro.you (nonemphatic, plural).
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Examples:
> Why are you doing mischief in you own house?
> Droteo persuaded Maria to finally go to the police.
> He has protruding ears (lit., his ears are like wings).
> It smells just like a flower.
> Are you already rich?
Proverbs:
> Like the crotch of an aristocratic woman.
Women of the wealthy elite in old Palau would be tattooed up the entire leg and about the thighs and hips. Reference is to the black color of such tattooing and the phrase may be applied to any dark occasion, but usually to dark clouds.
> Like a ray-fish, eating while walking.
The ray-fish does not stop swimming while chewing food it has gathered while weaving along the ocean floor. The saying may be applied to any rude behavior or particularly to the act of walking and eating, which is considered impolite. It can also be applied to a person who is trying to hurry through a job without giving it careful attention.
> Like an old woman who is cautious about coughing and breaking wind.
Among elderly women, it seems, coughing sometimes produces the unwanted effect of breaking wind. The idiom may be applied to any action that might produce an undesirable side effect, such as a hasty decision at a political meeting. As a caution, it suggests the need for leaders to consider all the consequences.
> Like seaweed at Kosiil, out with the tide and in with the tide.
Kosiil is a location in the lagoon where the seaweed can be seen to bend in and out with the tide. The idiom is applied to a leader who is too flexible and unreliable. In the short form (Kora char ra Kosiil) it may simply mean, "I'll go along with what you decide."
> Like the green tree snake with a forked tongue (or simply, "Forked").
One who reverses himself, has two tongues, or whose tongue is forked like a snake.
More Examples:
> Lukes looks really weird because she is just cutting her hair and it's all messed up.
> John is taking too long and his wife is "like a decorated lobster" waiting for him.
> Do you want to have lunch or dinner sometime?
> As soon as I went they said let's go.
> You all are so pretentious and fancy and meanwhile we are just eating scrap.

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