Karena pijat-pijat mati tuma
from indonesia
Verified
Standard
noun
sastra
Reduplication
From indonesia
Definition
A proverb describing someone who suffers misfortune or loss due to associating with bad people or bearing the consequences of others' mistakes.
Etymology
Native Indonesian proverb using the metaphor of a louse (tuma) dying from being squeezed.
Semantic Category
Words that only or primarily exist in reduplicated form (e.g., gara-gara).
Reduplication