During my time here, I have loved listening to the richness of language and expression. I thought I would share some of my favourites sayings! I left my favourite until last.
Spray off your opposers like mosquitoes
You must have three plates of food – one to taste, one to eat and one for the road
If you follow the bee – you will die in the hive (don’t be greedy)
If you have an old and damaged hide, don’t desire those with long and beautiful tails
If a little does not suffice for him, a lot will not feed his greed
One who sets out two boats runs one aground
She was attacked and left injured by marauding jumbos (hooligans)
It is the grass that suffers when elephants fight
A rope parts where it is thinnest
Karibu (welcome)….feel at home
There is not a fence yet built that he cannot find a way to sit on
The heart is full of wishes but it all ends in the shroud
Sleep my nose…….what you smell is not for you
A donkey always says thank you with a kick
A friend is someone who knows the song in your heart and sings it back to you when you have forgotten the words
A millionaire does not refuse 1 single shilling
Kito Kidogo (a little something – in other words, a bribe or a cut of the profits)
Because a man has injured your goat, do not go out and kill his bull
An orphaned calf licks its own back (self-reliance is best)
He who does not know one thing, knows another
Why drive away the chicken from the dung which you do not eat yourself
You may count what they get but they count what they don’t get
Intelligence is like hair – everyone has their own
A bow-legged person should not hunt antelopes
However much it rains on you, no wild banana will grow on your head (be realistic)
How gently glides the married life away
When she who rules, still seems to obey
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