620 | Union is strength | Maksud atau kejayaan boleh dicapai jika manusia bekerjasama dan tidak bertindak sendirian. | Di laut angkatan, di darat kerapatan. | We like chicken but the decision taken by the suppliers to raise its price again was not to our liking. As we believed that union is strength, we made a concerted efford to boycott their produce, hoping that the price would go down. Our efforts were not in vain. Within just a few days, the price did go down. | Kami suka makan ayam, tetapi kami tidak suka tindakan pembekal ayam menaikkan lagi harga bahan makanan. Kami percaya bahawa di laut angkatan, di darat kerapatan. Oleh itu kami beramai-ramai memulaukan daging ayam dengan harapan harganya akan turun. Usaha kami itu ternyata berhasil. Dalam tempoh beberapa hari sahaja, harga ayam telah turun semula. | Peribahasa dan Ungkapan Inggeris - Melayu |
271 | A house devided against itself cannot stand | Sesebuah kumpulan atau persatuan itu akan menjadi lemah jika anggota-anggotanya bertelagah dan berpecah belah. | Di laut angkatan, di darat kerapatan | We failed in our demand to get better pay as some of the workers sided with the employer while some were reluctant to join the strike - a house devided against itself cannot stand. | Kami gagal dalam tuntutan naik gaji berikutan sesetengah pekerja menyebelahi pihak majikan manakala yang lain pula keberatan untuk menyertai mogok itu - di laut angkatan, di darat kerapatan. | Peribahasa dan Ungkapan Inggeris - Melayu |