African Proverb
African Proverb
experience fools start wise
We start as fools and become wise through experience
home
Where I make a living, there is my home
lives noises
He who lives with an ass, makes noises like an ass
daytime frog nigeria run
The frog does not run in the daytime for nothing. - Igbo, Nigeria
ethiopia left
Do not vacillate or you will be left in between doing something, having something and being nothing. - Ethiopia
bite step
If you do not step on the dog's tail, he will not bite you
dictates himself man separates somalia
A man who dictates separates himself from others. Somalia
cape fine ghana paid sheep skin stranger
A stranger does not skin a sheep that is paid as a fine at a chief's court. - Cape Coast, Ghana
became broke ethiopia fat rich
There is no one who became rich because he broke a holiday, no one became fat because he broke a fast. Ethiopia
double meaning phrase
There is no phrase without a double meaning
coming man toward
When a man is coming toward you, you need not say: ""Come here
elephant flies tail though
Though the elephant's tail is short, it can nevertheless keep flies off the elephant
man poor rich tribe
The poor man and the rich man do not play together. Ashanti tribe
destined monkey slippery trees
The day the monkey is destined to die, all the trees get slippery