Ye didna draw sae weel when my mear was in the mire.
You did not assist me so much as I now assist you.
Ye didna lick your lips since ye leed last.
Ye drive the plough before the owsen.
Ye fand it where the Hielandman fand the tangs.
That was, in their proper place, at the fireside. A proverbial manner of saying that a thing has been stolen, in reply to those who say they found it.
Ye fike it awa, like auld wives baking.
"'To fike,' to dally about a business; to lose time by procrastination while appearing to be busy."—Jamieson.
Ye gae far about seeking the nearest.