Proverbs and old sayings Malagasy, page 2

110 proverbs and old sayings malagasy

Nothing is so full of victory as patience.

Proverbs and old sayings Malagasy about victory, patience, nothing

Flatters, like rats, tickle and then bite.

Proverbs and old sayings Malagasy

When the crocodiles leave, the caymans come.

Proverbs and old sayings Malagasy

Living is not a reward and dying is no crime.

Proverbs and old sayings Malagasy about reward, crime, criminals

The eel that got away is as fat as your thigh.

Proverbs and old sayings Malagasy

Marriage is not a tight knot, but a slip knot.

Proverbs and old sayings Malagasy about marriage

By getting angry, one shows that she is wrong.

Proverbs and old sayings Malagasy about bad

Crows bewail the dead sheep, and then eat them.

Proverbs and old sayings Malagasy

Cross in a crowd and the crocodile won't eat you.

Proverbs and old sayings Malagasy

Those who know how to swim are the ones who sink.

Proverbs and old sayings Malagasy

In a fight with a fool it's a wise man who quits.

Proverbs and old sayings Malagasy about fight, man

Crows are never the whiter for washing themselves.

Proverbs and old sayings Malagasy

Friendship reminds us of fathers, love of mothers.

Proverbs and old sayings Malagasy about friendship, love

Do not boast about your wealth if you are a father.

Proverbs and old sayings Malagasy about wealth

If the hill is on fire the grasshoppers are roasted.

Proverbs and old sayings Malagasy about fire, fire brigade

Even the bottom of a basket finds something to hold.

Proverbs and old sayings Malagasy

Whichever hand is cut, the whole body feels the pain.

Proverbs and old sayings Malagasy about pain, body

Divorce a young woman and you make another man happy.

Proverbs and old sayings Malagasy about happiness, woman, man

Other people's children cause your nostrils to flare.

Proverbs and old sayings Malagasy about children, people

Do not measure up the wood before the tree is cut down.

Proverbs and old sayings Malagasy about measure