Ehara i te mea tō tikanga tika o tēnei whakataukī: “Ka ruha te kupenga, ka pae kei te ākau”. E kōrero ana tēnei i te whakareretanga a tētahi tāne kaiapo i tōna hoa wahine e kore ai e taiohi tonu ana. Kua haere atu ia ki te kimi he hoa taiohi hou mōnā. Tērā pea ka taea e tātou te whakamahi i taua whakataukī ki te whakarite i tētahi atu horopaki he āhua ōrite.
He tētahi ‘peribahasa’ he ōrite tō te tikanga: “Habis manis, sepah dibuang”. Kua pau te reka, ka rukea ai te parakai. Ki te hipa te rā mōnehu, whīua atu, tikina mai te mea hou. Ō hamuti! Tērā pea te whakaaro o te tangata kua whakarerea. I wāna nei hoki!