Proverb
Proverb
A proverb is a simple and concrete statement popularly known and repeated, that expresses a truth based on common sense or experience...
arm cannot held
Two watermelons cannot be held under one arm
life lost school
Those who get lost on the way to school will never find their way through life
foretell future tells
Those who foretell the future lies, even if he tells the truth.
parties
Those who do a thing are consenting parties
dance dance-and-dancing good music
Those who can't dance say the music is no good
elephant enemy regard size though
Though your enemy is the size of an ant, regard him as an elephant
cape ghana grow happen lion though time
Though the lion and the antelope happen to live in the same forest, the antelope still has time to grow up. - Cape Coast, Ghana
elephant flies tail though
Though the elephant's tail is short, it can nevertheless keep flies off the elephant
cannot seek
When you seek it, you cannot find it.
burning candles wind
We are no more than candles burning in the wind
advice late
When a thing is done, advice comes too late
count kisses teeth thief
When a thief kisses you, count your teeth
cough loss
When at a loss how to go on, in speaking, cough
arguing chicken corn grain wrong
when arguing with a chicken a grain of corn is always wrong