Proverbs and old sayings, page 1341

43575 proverbs and old sayings

Some hope for rain even though they have not prepared their fields.

Proverbs and old sayings about hope, rain

The property of a helpless man must nit be divided before his death.

Proverbs and old sayings about death, man

When there is shortage of figs, birds eat the fruits of the 'mugumo'.

Proverbs and old sayings

He who spends his time adorning himself knows he is going to a dance.

Proverbs and old sayings about dance, time

She who ignores advice does not resist when being prepared for burial.

Proverbs and old sayings about advice, being

The piece of cloth that is in another's bag does not patch your garmet.

Proverbs and old sayings

The rich man cannot be prevented from cyltivating the 'iganjo' he wants.

Proverbs and old sayings about wealth, man

Darkness shows no wrong path to she who gets what she wants before dark.

Proverbs and old sayings about dark, bad

He who seeks his goat with the man who ate it, is certain not to find it.

Proverbs and old sayings about man

The one who used to jump across the stream may find herself wading through..

Proverbs and old sayings

A little, contemptible path is sometimes the one that leads you to the highway.

Proverbs and old sayings about contentment

The fact that you have gone near the battle-field does not mean that you fought.

Proverbs and old sayings about contentment

The antelope detests the one who announces its whereabouts more than the one who sees it.

Proverbs and old sayings

The Kikuyu know how to conceal their quiver, but do not know how to conceal their secrets.

Proverbs and old sayings

Home affairs have their staff, which cannot be brandished by anyone but the head of the house.

Proverbs and old sayings about home, heads, house

People are consumed by evil because of keeping close to it, but not because of keeping away from it.

Proverbs and old sayings about people

The woman who gives birth to a child is like the banana tree that breaks under the weight of its fruit.

Proverbs and old sayings about children, woman

Me do not know hard firewood, but only lops people put aside hard tasks and devote themselves only to easy ones.

Proverbs and old sayings about people

Walk lightly in the spring; Mother Earth is pregnant.

Proverbs and old sayings about spring, earth, mother

Buy or die.

Proverbs and old sayings about commerce, death