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, pro.you (nonemphatic, plural).
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Examples:
> His or her face is ugly.
> Including yourself how many people live in your household?
> Who is wise enough to count the clouds and tilt them over to pour out the rain?
> My car is really getting old and is making rattling noises.
> Are you already rich?
Proverbs:
> Like a racing canoe of Ngerchelong, fast by word of mouth.
Apparently refers to a canoe race of the past when a club of Ngerchelong lost after having given verbal display of greatness. Refers to the bluff or braggart (all-mouth, no action).
> Like the running elder.
Elders do not run fast, but they can run for great distances. Young men can sprint, but have little endurance. Hence, a person with enduring persistence.
> 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.
> Like Ngiramesemong, rehashing what has been finished.
Pertains to a person who repeatedly reminds another of past favors or continually recalls the mistakes of others. (My sources no longer recalled the episode or story from which this idiom derives.)
> Like the ilaot [coconut juice] of Ngetkib, mixing itself.
Probably of folk-tale derivation, the idiom may be applied to a man who has married too close to his own clan, thus not gaining the assistance of the wife's clan in food and services, since this would amount to the clan giving to itself. Also applied to a situation where a person expects to have some service performed for him but ends up doing it himself.
More Examples:
> Unruly kids that have twisted the pigeon's neck so it died.
> John is really in a hurry; what's wrong?
> Why are you going swimming when the weather is very bad?
> Your clothes are piled up like you're a snake shedding its skin.
> Dont mess with the spotted eagle ray when you go fishing as they are sacred.

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