46 Sayings of Namibian Origin

1. "God speaks a foreign tongue." (Namibian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

2. "If you want to give God a good laugh, tell him of your future plans." (Namibian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

3. "A man cannot undo his past. can zebras wipe away their stripes?" (Namibian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

4. "An old monkey never forgets how to climb trees." (Namibian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

5. "Half bread is better than nothing." (Namibian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

6. "He who has bad breath cannot smell it." (Namibian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

7. "The ears do not lose their interest." (Namibian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

8. "The bone given to you by the king is meat." (Namibian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

9. "Where you see the tail, there is the mouse." (Namibian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

10. "Gold like the sun melts wax and hardens clay." (Namibian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

11. "There are many a good tune played on an old fiddle." (Namibian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

12. "A glutton is never satisfied." (Namibian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

13. "I am not dead yet. I can suffer a bit more." (Namibian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

14. "Only the mountains never meet." (Namibian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

15. "That which leaks cannot stay full." (Namibian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

16. "Today butterflies, tomorrow wasps." (Namibian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

17. "A parasite cannot live alone." (Namibian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

18. "The earth is not ours, it is a treasure we hold in trust for future generations." (Namibian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

19. "When a tiny toe is hurting the whole body stoops down to attend to it." (Namibian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

20. "When the fish gets rotten, it all starts from the head." (Namibian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

21. "A fool laughs at himself." (Namibian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

22. "The trees never meet but people do." (Namibian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

23. "The ways of the immoral are always predictable." (Namibian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

24. "From little date seeds, great things are born." (Namibian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

25. "Only the strong survive." (Namibian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

26. "A mother is always a mother." (Namibian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

27. "Those who live together cannot hide their behinds from each other." (Namibian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

28. "A braggart is recognized by his headgear." (Namibian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

29. "When the fox is hungry, he eats butterflies." (Namibian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

30. "Never kill the cat that cries." (Namibian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

31. "Where there are birds, there is water." (Namibian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

32. "Moral people sleep well at night, but the immoral seem to get pleasure from the waking hours much more." (Namibian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

33. "Envy and greed grow on the same stalk." (Namibian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

34. "As soon as the monkey has climbed a tree, it will start abusing from its elevated position." (Namibian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

35. "It's easy to wad your neighbor's field." (Namibian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

36. "Learning expands great souls." (Namibian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

37. "An heir also inherits quarrels." (Namibian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

38. "It is always a pleasure to greet a friend from afar." (Namibian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

39. "Even a weak lion is not bitten by a dog." (Namibian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

40. "To the white horse the zebra said, "i am white too" and to the black horse, "i am really black"." (Namibian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

41. "A diamonds father is coal, yet it regards itself as upper-class." (Namibian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

42. "God is in the details and so is the devil." (Namibian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

43. "If your mouth turns into a knife, it will cut off your lips." (Namibian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

44. "Elephants carry each other." (Namibian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

45. "If the State is going to fall, it is from the belly." (Namibian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

46. "It is the one who lies by a fire who feels the heat." (Namibian Sayings) Click to tweet