"Patay-Patay" is a word in HILIGAYNON
patáy-pátay - To work very hard, work
oneself to death. Nagapatáypátay siá sang
pangabúdlay nga isagúd níya sa íya mga
anák. He works very hard for the support
pátdan – patingkádol
of his children. (cf. putóy-pútoy) Also: very
much, excessive. Nagkádlaw siá sing
patáypátay. He laughed very much. He
was tickled to death.
Never bend your head. Always hold it high. Look the world straight in the face.
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A man answers the phone and has the following conversation: "Yes, mother, I've had a hard day. Gladys has been most difficult - I know I ought to be more firm, but it is hard.Well, you know how she is. "Yes, I remember you warned me. I remember you told me that she was a vile creature who would make my life miserable and you begged me not to marry her. "You were perfectly right. "You want to speak with her? All right." He looks up from the telephone and calls to his wife in the next room: "Gladys, your mother wants to talk to you!"
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