Proverbs and old sayings Congolese, page 2

43 proverbs and old sayings congolese

An idiot will cross an ox with an elephant.

Proverbs and old sayings Congolese

The iron never takes advice from the hammer.

Proverbs and old sayings Congolese about advice

You inherit from the dead, not from the sick.

Proverbs and old sayings Congolese

Don't buy the salt if you haven't licked it yet.

Proverbs and old sayings Congolese about haven, commerce

Don't cut off the monkey's tail before it is dead.

Proverbs and old sayings Congolese

I own a cow in heaven, but I cannot drink her milk.

Proverbs and old sayings Congolese about drinking

The snake and the crab don't sleep in the same hole.

Proverbs and old sayings Congolese about sleep

A pretty face and fine clothes do not make character.

Proverbs and old sayings Congolese about character, clothes, face

A bald-headed man will not grow hair by getting excited.

Proverbs and old sayings Congolese about man

He who doesn't like chattering women must stay a bachelor.

Proverbs and old sayings Congolese

No matter how full the river, it still wants to swell more.

Proverbs and old sayings Congolese

Prepare yourself for when the water comes up to your knees.

Proverbs and old sayings Congolese about water

The worm that gnaws on the bean is the one inside the bean.

Proverbs and old sayings Congolese

Woe to the high spirited bride whose mother-in-law is still alive.

Proverbs and old sayings Congolese about law, mother

The portion that a man keeps for himself is usually not the smallest.

Proverbs and old sayings Congolese about man

No matter how hard you throw a dead fish in the water, it still won't swim.

Proverbs and old sayings Congolese about fishing, water

The nuts from a palm tree don't fall without dragging a few leaves with it.

Proverbs and old sayings Congolese about fall

Wood may remain ten years in the water, but it will never become a crocodile.

Proverbs and old sayings Congolese about water

One knife will not cut another knife; one cheat will not cheat another cheat.

Proverbs and old sayings Congolese

The mother-in-law shows you her thighs without shame, you are the embarrassed one.

Proverbs and old sayings Congolese about shame, law, mother