Proverbs and old sayings, page 189

43574 proverbs and old sayings

If you point one accusing finger at others, three fingers will point at you.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about contentment

Ears that do not listen to advice, accompany the head when it is chopped off.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about advice, heads

No matter how painful the loss, the bereaved won't be buried with the corpse.

Proverbs and old sayings West African

A gentle politician doesn't promise to build bridges where there is no water.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about promise, water

A leopard is chasing us, and you are asking me, Is it a male or a female?

Proverbs and old sayings West African about contentment

The noise produced by frogs in the well can't stop an elephant from drinking.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about drinking

A girl's patience can only be recognised by how long she keeps her virginity.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about patience

Villages that posses culture will never perish even though they may be small.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about culture

Why they like an ugly person it takes long for a beautiful person to know it.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about people

Get hold of the little you have as you struggle for more quantity or quality.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about fight, quality, contentment

He who sacks his wife because she eats a lot will end up marrying a cannibal.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about wife, end

When your house is on fire you don't choose who to help you put out the fire.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about fire, fire brigade, help, home, house, contentment

When a cat wants to eat its own kitten it accuses them of smelling like rats.

Proverbs and old sayings West African

The one who knows the way to the cemetery carries the tail end of the coffin.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about end

He who solves a problem with a problem will always have a problem in waiting.

Proverbs and old sayings West African

You cannot expect me to carry you on my back and then you say my head smells.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about heads, contentment

A bird doesn't forget one who killed off his feathers during the rain season.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about season, rain

A king who doesn't tolerate comments about his mouth shouldn't eat in public.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about public

Once bitten by a snake you feel suspicious even when you see a piece of rope.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about contentment

No matter how fast a man can run, he can never chase his shadow and catch it.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about shadow, fasting, trap, man