kom
/ko
, pro.you (nonemphatic, plural).
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Examples:
> You're like a starling (i.e. you do something undesirable and later deny it or make excuses about it).
> I've finally gotten to study because Toki has left.
> We are completely uninformed because we don't know any information (about that).
> He's quiet and motionless (like a carved doll).
> He has protruding ears (lit., his ears are like wings).
Proverbs:
> Like the bathing of the terriid.
The terriid, a bird, takes a quick splash bath, hardly a complete bathing. The idiom applies to a ducking one may get when a boat swamps, or to a wetting with spray. More generally, it is applied to a task done with haste rather than with care. It can be applied also to a brief acquaintance.
> Like the clouds of Mengellakl that just pile up
High points like Mengellakl in Palau sometimes create clouds as the moisture-laden air is lifted by the wind to higher cooler altitudes. This saying applies to a situation or a fad that spreads; drinking to excess.
> Like a person somewhere taking a bath, but I'm cold.
Applies to any embarrassing act, such as boasting or gossiping, on the part of a friend.
> Like Tangerekoi
The tangerekoi is a portion of the rafters of a club or community hall that serves as a shelf (rekoi). It is also the name of a demigod ranking with several figures who are mentioned in the origin legends. The idiom refers to the multiple functions of the tangerekoi (even as rafters, or shelf), as resembling the work of a woman's world. When a person is already busy and is asked to take on another task, he may say: "Who do you think I am, Tangerekoi?
> Like eastern showers from white clouds, still the raincoat is ripped
During the months of the east wind, During the months of the east wind, roughly January through June, rain often comes from innocent-looking white cloud and is accompanied by brief gusts of wind strong enough to tear the traditional betel-nut-spathe raincoat; hence, an opponent whose strength is greater than anticipated.
More Examples:
> It's raining here but only lightly.
> Where did you go last night?
> You are like the clam of bengall, never moves an inch but always adored.
> Be honest and say you don't want to go instead of going and then regretting it.
> Would you clean them taros as you are closer to them.

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