Proverb
Proverb
A proverb is a simple and concrete statement popularly known and repeated, that expresses a truth based on common sense or experience...
ask offered
Ask a lot, but take what is offered
gets noticed stranger town white
A stranger in town is like a white dog, he gets noticed immedeatly
cape fine ghana paid sheep skin stranger
A stranger does not skin a sheep that is paid as a fine at a chief's court. - Cape Coast, Ghana
crazy proverbs
All of us are crazy in one way or another.
barber fools learns shave shaving
A barber learns to shave by shaving fools
bad repute wound
A bad wound may be cured, bad repute kills
bad heals word words wound
A bad wound heals but a bad word doesn't
bad heel toe turned wife wishes
A bad wife wishes her husband's heel turned homewards, and not his toe
apples bad good tree yield
A bad tree does not yield good apples
bad gets good reaper
A bad reaper never gets a good sickle
bad gift master
A bad man's gift is like his master
bad cuts finger instead knife stick
A bad knife cuts one's finger instead of the stick
bad eats good horse
A bad horse eats as much as a good one
bad cut hair shame
A bad hair cut is two people's shame