Ko te tūmanako e mārama ana te rerenga kōrero kua whakamāoritia i tēnei ‘peribahasa’: Tong kosong nyaring bunyinya. I a tētahi kene kautahanga e patua ana (ki te rākau, ki te kowhatu rānei), ka puta te oro hoihoi, he paoro nō te oro. Ka whakarite tēnei ‘peribahasa’ i tētahi tangata ngutu kau ki te kene kautahanga. Kāorekau he kiko i roto i tōna kōrero.
Ehara ehara, he whakataukī e rite ana tō te tikanga “Me te kete kāinga e riringi ana ki te pari”. He oro hoihoi e puta ai ana i ngā toenga o te kaimoana, i ngā anga i a rātou e riringi ana ki te pari.