Proverbs

Proverb: Dhako marach jamoch tung’
Translation: The unpleasant woman airs her wares at the end of the array.
Language - Region: luo-kenya
Proverb: Ba mu iya ba, an ce da tsofaffi suyi rawa
Translation: We do not know how to go about it, said the old men when told to dance
Language - Region: hausa-nigeria
Proverb: Kanku akeji, mahaukaci ya fada rijiya, yace wanka na keyi
Translation: None of my business/not a problem to me said the lunatic who has fallen into a well; am having my bath
Language - Region: hausa-nigeria
Proverb: Abinda ka shuka shi zaka girba, abinda kayi shi za’ayi maka
Translation: What you sow is what you reap
Language - Region: hausa-nigeria
Proverb: Abin da kamar wuya, gurguwa da auren nesa
Translation: It is going to be difficult, a lame woman being married off far from home
Language - Region: hausa-nigeria
Proverb: Badani ba, sata a lahira akawo duniya
Translation: I am not going to get involved, to steal from the hereafter and bring it to the world
Language - Region: hausa-nigeria
Proverb: A rashin kira karen kurma ya bata
Translation: It is for lack of calling that the dumb man’s dog got lost
Language - Region: hausa-nigeria
Proverb: Jarrabar duniya, bature da gwado
Translation: Wonders shall never end, a white man wearing a loincloth
Language - Region: hausa-nigeria
Proverb: Ba’a bari akwashe duka
Translation: What you spill, you cannot gather all
Language - Region: hausa-nigeria
Proverb: Hannunka baya rubewa kayanke kayar
Translation: You cannot cut off your rotten hands
Language - Region: hausa-nigeria