Part 9 (2/2)

_African._ Stone in the water-hole does not feel the cold.

_English._ Habit is second nature.

_A._ One tree does not make a forest.

_E._ One swallow does not make a summer.

_A._ ”I nearly killed the bird.” No one can eat nearly in a stew.

_E._ First catch your hare.

_A._ Full-belly child says to hungry-belly child, ”Keep good cheer.”

_E._ We can all endure the misfortunes of others.

_A._ Distant firewood is good firewood.

_E._ Distance lends enchantment to the view.

_A._ Ashes fly back in the face of him who throws them.

_E._ Curses come home to roost.

_A._ If the boy says he wants to tie the water with a string, ask him whether he means the water in the pot or the water in the lagoon.

_E._ Answer a fool according to his folly.

_A._ Cowries are men.

_E._ Money makes the man.

_A._ Cocoanut is not good for bird to eat.

_E._ Sour grapes.

_A._ He runs away from the sword and hides himself in the scabbard.

_E._ Out of the frying-pan into the fire.

_A._ A fool of Ika and an idiot of Iluka meet together to make friends.

_E._ Birds of a feather flock together.

_A._ The ground-pig [bandicoot] said: ”I do not feel so angry with the man who killed me as with the man who dashed me on the ground afterward.”

_E._ Adding insult to injury.

_A._ Quick loving a woman means quick not loving a woman.

_E._ Married in haste we repent at leisure.

_A._ Three elders cannot all fail to p.r.o.nounce the word _ekulu_ [an antelope]: one may say _ekulu_, another _ekulu_, but the third will say _ekulu_.

_E._ In a mult.i.tude of counselors there is safety.

_A._ If the stomach is not strong, do not eat c.o.c.kroaches.

_E._ Milk for babes.

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