Proverbs and old sayings West African, page 32

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The insect that eats the leaf is under the leaf.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about salary, insects

A lazy fly cannot have a taste of a fresh wound.

Proverbs and old sayings West African

The wind helps those without an axe to cut wood.

Proverbs and old sayings West African

You cannot think you could teach a fish to swim.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about fishing

It's too late to fatten a cow on the market day.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about stores, day

A strawberry blossom will not sweeten dry bread.

Proverbs and old sayings West African

If rain beats the teeth, the lips get the blame.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about rain

A boy may cry; but a man as to conceal his pain.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about pain, man

Do not tell the man carrying you that he stinks.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about man

A rat never goes near a cat's celebration venue.

Proverbs and old sayings West African

By coming and going, a bird constructs its nest.

Proverbs and old sayings West African

If you wait be prepared to be stung by the bees.

Proverbs and old sayings West African

You don't punish a fish by throwing it in water.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about fishing, water

Not to know is bad not to wish to know is worse.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about wish, bad luck, bad

The laughter of a child is the light of a house.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about laughter, light, children, home, house

Nothing wipes your tears away but your own hand.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about tears, nothing

Between imitation and envy, imitation is better.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about envy

You cannot build a house for last year's summer.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about home, house

The life of a groundnut lies between two shells.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about life

If you man is a wizard, you must become a witch.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about man