50 Sayings of Swahili Origin

1. "Aiming isn't hitting." (Swahili Sayings) Click to tweet

 

2. "A fly does not mind dying in coconut cream." (Swahili Sayings) Click to tweet

 

3. "Don't plant a seed in the sea." (Swahili Sayings) Click to tweet

 

4. "Where there is a will, there is a way." (Swahili Sayings) Click to tweet

 

5. "A person is people." (Swahili Sayings) Click to tweet

 

6. "To a physician a sick man is a garden." (Swahili Sayings) Click to tweet

 

7. "Delay so that you may arrive." (Swahili Sayings) Click to tweet

 

8. "A spear is only against a pig; against a human being it is painful." (Swahili Sayings) Click to tweet

 

9. "If you want to eat a pig, eat a fat one." (Swahili Sayings) Click to tweet

 

10. "Haste has no blessing." (Swahili Sayings) Click to tweet

 

11. "A single finger does not break a louse." (Swahili Sayings) Click to tweet

 

12. "If the hours are long enough and the pay is short enough, someone will say it's women's work." (Swahili Sayings) Click to tweet

 

13. "Two crocodiles cannot agree." (Swahili Sayings) Click to tweet

 

14. "Where smoke is being generated, there is a fire." (Swahili Sayings) Click to tweet

 

15. "A remote stick does not kill a snake." (Swahili Sayings) Click to tweet

 

16. "The route of a liar is short." (Swahili Sayings) Click to tweet

 

17. "Many cooks spoil the sauce." (Swahili Sayings) Click to tweet

 

18. "He who sows haphazardly, eats haphazardly." (Swahili Sayings) Click to tweet

 

19. "If you don't seal a crack, you will build wall." (Swahili Sayings) Click to tweet

 

20. "Anger brings damage." (Swahili Sayings) Click to tweet

 

21. "If a child cries for a razor-blade, give it to him." (Swahili Sayings) Click to tweet

 

22. "Give way to the strong one." (Swahili Sayings) Click to tweet

 

23. "Bribery is the enemy of justice." (Swahili Sayings) Click to tweet

 

24. "When the cat has gone away, the mice prevail." (Swahili Sayings) Click to tweet

 

25. "If you destroy a bridge, be sure you can swim." (Swahili Sayings) Click to tweet

 

26. "If the hyena eats the sick man, he will eat the whole one." (Swahili Sayings) Click to tweet

 

27. "Little by little fills up the measure." (Swahili Sayings) Click to tweet

 

28. "Haste does not result in prosperity." (Swahili Sayings) Click to tweet

 

29. "The child of a snake is a snake." (Swahili Sayings) Click to tweet

 

30. "Death is blind." (Swahili Sayings) Click to tweet

 

31. "Unity is strength, disunity is weakness." (Swahili Sayings) Click to tweet

 

32. "Education has no ending." (Swahili Sayings) Click to tweet

 

33. "He who isn't around, his share isn't around either." (Swahili Sayings) Click to tweet

 

34. "Abuses are the result of seeing one another too often." (Swahili Sayings) Click to tweet

 

35. "Intelligence is an asset." (Swahili Sayings) Click to tweet

 

36. "Wait at the bottom, for the one who is up." (Swahili Sayings) Click to tweet

 

37. "A distant fire does not burn." (Swahili Sayings) Click to tweet

 

38. "The remedy for fire is fire." (Swahili Sayings) Click to tweet

 

39. "Nine is near ten." (Swahili Sayings) Click to tweet

 

40. "There are three things which if one does not know, one cannot live long in the world, what is too much for one, what is too little for one, and what is just right for one." (Swahili Sayings) Click to tweet

 

41. "Don't insult midwives as long as you are still able to give birth." (Swahili Sayings) Click to tweet

 

42. "Patience attracts success." (Swahili Sayings) Click to tweet

 

43. "Blood is heavier than water." (Swahili Sayings) Click to tweet

 

44. "A letter from the heart can be read on the face." (Swahili Sayings) Click to tweet

 

45. "Don't provoke bees." (Swahili Sayings) Click to tweet

 

46. "A drowning person does not stop thrashing around." (Swahili Sayings) Click to tweet

 

47. "Habit is a skin." (Swahili Sayings) Click to tweet

 

48. "Donating is only a matter of willingness and not wealth." (Swahili Sayings) Click to tweet

 

49. "If water has been spilt, it cannot be scooped up." (Swahili Sayings) Click to tweet

 

50. "How come that the pepper which you are not eating is too hot for you?" (Swahili Sayings) Click to tweet