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African Proverbs... and their meanings
AlphDoti
#101 Posted : Tuesday, November 19, 2013 1:25:27 PM
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Proverb: The person who goes (to war) is similar to the one who remains behind.

Meaning: Since death is the ultimate end of everyone,
whether you go on a dangerous mission or you seek the safety of home you cannot escape death.
This is an encouragement to people undertaking difficult or dangerous tasks.
On the other hand, someone who is determined to take risks can use this proverb to those who try to dissuade him.
AlphDoti
#102 Posted : Tuesday, November 19, 2013 1:29:20 PM
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Provide: When helping a cow to stand we do it from behind so that it can stand with its front legs.

Meaning: A cow which cannot stand with its front legs when being supported deserves to be slaughtered. Similarly a person who does not give the slightest worry to his problems when others are striving to help him deserves to be abandoned to his own fate.
Mukiri
#103 Posted : Tuesday, November 19, 2013 2:04:38 PM
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AlphDoti wrote:
Proverb: The person who goes (to war) is similar to the one who remains behind.

Meaning: Since death is the ultimate end of everyone,
whether you go on a dangerous mission or you seek the safety of home you cannot escape death.
This is an encouragement to people undertaking difficult or dangerous tasks.
On the other hand, someone who is determined to take risks can use this proverb to those who try to dissuade him.

This one must be from Somali or Afghan, sindio?d'oh!

Proverbs 19:21
McReggae
#104 Posted : Tuesday, November 19, 2013 2:24:38 PM
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Are we now on proverbs or still at African proverbs?
..."Wewe ni mtu mdogo sana....na mwenye amekuandika pia ni mtu mdogo sana!".
AlphDoti
#105 Posted : Tuesday, November 19, 2013 2:51:28 PM
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McReggae wrote:
Are we now on proverbs or still at African proverbs?

What do you think we are on? Didn't you read the subject? Don't you have your own, somebody asked you this before.

Proverb: You should not be proud of a locust's head.
Meaning: Someone should show humility if they wish to be respected.
dossy7
#106 Posted : Tuesday, November 19, 2013 5:16:40 PM
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“When a child is cutting a tree in the forest, it is the elders who know in what direction it will fall”-- BBC World News, Today's African Proverb.
Kenya ni yetu sisi sote
McReggae
#107 Posted : Tuesday, November 19, 2013 5:32:39 PM
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AlphDoti wrote:
McReggae wrote:
Are we now on proverbs or still at African proverbs?

What do you think we are on? Didn't you read the subject? Don't you have your own, somebody asked you this before.

Proverb: You should not be proud of a locust's head.
Meaning: Someone should show humility if they wish to be respected.


hahahaha, I can see it's by the any means, hata through the backdoor, sawa lakini!
..."Wewe ni mtu mdogo sana....na mwenye amekuandika pia ni mtu mdogo sana!".
oltome
#108 Posted : Tuesday, November 19, 2013 5:35:59 PM
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This one is self exploratory
'A child can play with its mother’s breasts, but not its father’s testicles'
oltome
#109 Posted : Tuesday, November 19, 2013 5:38:32 PM
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So is this one from Ghana
“It requires a lot of carefulness to kill the fly that perches on the scrotum”
oltome
#110 Posted : Tuesday, November 19, 2013 5:41:09 PM
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An 'obscene' one from the Igbo brodas
“Unless it dies young, the penis shall surely eat bearded meat” which when translated means that things happen in due course and there is no point in rushing to indulge in sexual activities
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