Mangali Figure  444	Isudan tinogtog da abeng Zuraida.
Literal Translation	Zuraida’s children are like cut lengths (of sugar cane or bamboo).
Meaning of Figure	Zuraida’s children are almost equal in height – they are closely spaced.
Usage	A joking comment, not scolding. The parents may have tried to make spacing between their children but they did not succeed. If a woman overheard you say this about her, she’d just laugh.
Figure	simile
Image	food; sugar cane lengths
Topic	animate; children close together
Topic	sex; fertile
Topic	quality; close in age