Ethiopian proverbs

# The eye of the leopard is on the goat, and the eye of the goat is on the leaf.

# Little by little an egg wil walk.

# Don't catch a leopard by the tail, but if you do, don't let it go.

# Don't spend the evening in a house where you can't spend the night. # A good name is better than good perfume.

 # After the hyena has gone, the dog barks.

# Fifty lemons are a load for one person, but for fifty persons they are perfume.

# He who knows much does not speak much.

# Cow dung can't be gathered where no cow has been.

# Pride is no substitute for a dinner.

# One who plants grapes by the road side, and one who marries a pretty woman, share the same problem.

# A belt fastened while running will come undone while running.

# A house can't be built for the rainy season that is past. # When spiders' unite, they can tie up a lion.

# One who tries to hide with a dog, a child, a goat, or a person with a cold, will not remain hidden.

# The person who grew up without correction will find his mouth slipping instead of his foot.

# When there are many women, the cabbage will be spoled.

# The slimming of an elephant and the losses of a rich man are not noticeable.

 # A bird hanging between two branches will get bitten on both wings.

# The first camel in the train holds everyone up, but it is the last which gets the beating.

# It is better to be the cub of a live jackal than of a dead lion.

# Thorns prick lightly the man who walks slowly. # A mouse that wants to die goes to sniff the cat's nose.

# Dine with a stranger, but save youur love for your famiuly

# A man who is too modest goes hungry

# If you offend, ask for pardon; if offeneded, forgive. # He who conceals his disease cannot expect to be cured

# Dine with a stranger, but save you love for your family.

# A too modest man goes hungry.

# If you offend, ask for pardon; if offended, forgive.

# He who conceals his disease cannot expect to be cured.

# A fool and water will go the way they are diverted

 # Where there is no shame, there is no honor.

# A silly daughter teaches her mother how to bear children.

# Advise and counsel him; if he does not listen, let adversity teach him.

# Anticipate the good so that you may enjoy it.

# Clothes put on while running come off while running.

# A cow gave birth to a fire: she wanted to lick it, but it burned; she wanted to leave it, but she could not because it was her own child.

# One scoops with a scoop.

# Living is worthless for one without a home.

 # The nile has no resting place it wanderes around carrying a log

 # When one sets a portion for oneself, usually it is not too small.

 # She who does not yet know how to walk, cannot climb a ladder.

# He who wants to barter, usually knows what is best for himself.

 # When a fool is cursed, he thinks he is being praised

 # When they fooled the chicken they threw her into a carrying basket

# The son of the nile thirsts for water

# It is easy to become a monk in one's old age.

# Singing "Alleluia" everywhere does not prove piety.

# Saying that it's for her child, she gets herself a loaf of bread.

# What has been blown away, cannot be found

# The fool is thirsty in the midst of water.

# Even over cold pudding, the coward says: "It will burn my mouth."

# What one hopes for is always better than what one has.

# If a freind hurts you, run to your wife.

# If the heart is sad tears will flow.

# Unless you call out, who will open the door?

# Her horns are too heavy for the cow

# There is no one who became rich because he broke a holiday, and no one who gained weight because he broke a fast.

# When the heart overflows, it comes out through the mouth.

# A prtner in the buisness will not put an obstacle to it.

# When spider webs unite, they can tie up a lion.

# He who digs too deep for a fish, may come out with a serpent

# Confiding a secret to an unworthy person is like carrying a grain in a bag with a hole in it.

# A loose tooth will not rest until it is pulled out.

# The dog I bought, bit me; the fire I kindeled, burned me.

# A blade won't cut another blade; a cheat won't cheat another cheat

# You are like dew even before it rains

 # Oh old hyena eat me without making excuses

# If relatives help each other, what evil can hurt them?

# A home without a woman is like a barn without cattle?

 # Sitting is being crippled

# The sky is so close for him who sits

# The fool speaks, the wise man listens

# A cat may go to a monastery, but she still remains a cat.

# It is like using a spoon to get water from the nile

# I have a cow in the sky, but cannot drink her milk.

# When one sets a portion for oneself, usually it is not too small.

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# Saying that it's for her child, she gest herself a loaf of bread.

# What has blown a way , cannot be found again.

# I paid a goat because I blaabed

# While trying to pull down something from the antique she lost what she had under her armpit

# If you gladly stoop to the ground don't be surprised if they trample over you