![]() "A spear is only (to be used) against a pig against a human being it is painful." ![]() Mkuki kwa nguruwe, kwa mwanadamu uchungu. "Don't throw away a centipede/millipede (together) with its stick."ĭo unto others, as you would have done to you. "If water has been spilt, it cannot be scooped up."ĭon't throw out the baby with the bathwater. "Don't insult (the) midwives as long as you are still able to give birth. "Don't select a fiance/fiancee during an Eid/Id day (i.e. "Donating (money) is only a matter of willingness and not wealth." "If you don't seal a crack (in the wall), you will (have to) (re)build a (complete) wall." "A drowning person does not stop thrashing about/around." given by) a person is to talk, (but) a gentleman is deed/action (i.e. "If a child cries for a razor-blade, give it to him." The following English proverbs (alphabetical) do have (related) equivalents in Swahili.Ī bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
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