2. (noun) flesh of the kūmara.
(kei) Mahurangi
1. way off track, way off beam, away with the fairies, lost the plot - an idiom to suggest that someone's thoughts have gone a long way from the issue or that they don't understand the real meaning of what they're saying.
E hoa, kei Mahurangi kē ō whakaaro e haere ana. Hoki mai ki te whenua, kia ū ki te kaupapa (HKK 1999:163). / Hey mate, you've gone way off track. Come back to earth and stick to the topic.
āpōpō ka tīkaro ō whatu ki Mahurangi
1. eat up for there may be no food tomorrow - an idiom said to a child who hasn't eaten her/his food. It suggests that there may be no food tomorrow in the hope that the child realises he/she must eat.
Pare: Ka rua rā pea tāua e haere ana, kātahi anō ka tae. Anei tā tāua parāoa hei ō haere mā tāua. Rangi: Hei aha māku tō parāoa maroke nā. Whāngaihia atu ki tō hōiho. Pare: E kī! Āpōpō ka tīkoro ō whatu ki Mahurangi (HKK 1999:158). / Pare: We will be travelling for about two days before we arrive. Here is our bread as our food for the journey. Rangi: Your dry bread is not for me. Feed it to your horse. Pare: You don't say! You'd better eat up for there may be no food tomorrow.
