South African Proverbs - page 2

One who enters a hut does not smell the termites roasting in the boiler. (South African Proverb)
When two elephants meet on a narrow bridge, they get nowhere until one of them backs down or lies down. View proverb
South African Proverb
Roasted locusts eaten at night bring dangerous dreams. View proverb
South African Proverb
The drums of war are the drums of hunger. View proverb
South African Proverb
Where there is honey, there are bound to be ants. View proverb
South African Proverb
The dupe who takes possession of a lame ox is seldom recognized as a fool. View proverb
South African Proverb
The foot pains in sympathy with the toe. View proverb
South African Proverb
A termite grows up in dry wood, and yet comes to maturity. View proverb
South African Proverb
By pounding the dough the bread will rise. View proverb
South African Proverb
The one chased away with a club comes back, but the one chased away with reason does not. View proverb
South African Proverb
Knowledge is like a lion; it cannot be gently embraced. (South African Proverb)
The woman who always complains and is never satisfied with anything is like an annoying flea on the foot. View proverb
South African Proverb
No one drinks medicine on behalf of a sick person. View proverb
South African Proverb
Two wives, two pots of poison. View proverb
South African Proverb
When you shoot a zebra in the black stripe, the white dies too; shoot it in the white and the black dies too. View proverb
South African Proverb
If he keeps on imitating everybody the monkey will one day cut his own throat. View proverb
South African Proverb
Hope does not kill; I shall live in hope of getting what I seek another day. View proverb
South African Proverb
What the poor man says is not listened to. View proverb
South African Proverb
He who has no intelligence is happy with it. View proverb
South African Proverb
The pool has dried up, and the fish is in trouble. View proverb
South African Proverb
Before you milk a cow tie it up. (South African Proverb)
The heart is like a goat that has to be tied up. View proverb
South African Proverb
No man can perfectly empty a pot with a ladle. View proverb
South African Proverb
If your buttocks burn, you know you have done wrong. View proverb
South African Proverb
As great birds die the eggs rot. View proverb
South African Proverb
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