83 Sayings of Malawian Origin

1. "The way a donkey expresses gratitude is by giving someone a bunch of kicks." (Malawian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

2. "Every joy will follow in grief's footsteps." (Malawian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

3. "The more shoots, the more leaves." (Malawian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

4. "The proportion of things thrills the eye." (Malawian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

5. "You can measure the depth of the sea but what about a man's heart?" (Malawian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

6. "Don't teach the tiger cub to eat meat." (Malawian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

7. "Anything with scales counts as a fish." (Malawian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

8. "We are born from the womb of our mother; we are buried in the womb of the earth." (Malawian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

9. "Gold is a debt we can repay, but kindness not till our dying day." (Malawian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

10. "Fear to let fall a drop, will always make you spill a lot." (Malawian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

11. "One does not make a shield in the battlefield." (Malawian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

12. "When you are crossing over a river you might be eaten by crocodiles, but don't let yourself get bitten by the little fish." (Malawian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

13. "Do not be like the mosquito that bites the owner of the house." (Malawian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

14. "The happier the goat the nearer the buyer." (Malawian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

15. "Leave her now and then if you would really love your wife." (Malawian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

16. "It is the fate of the coconut husk to float, for the stone to sink." (Malawian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

17. "The one whom God clothes will not go naked." (Malawian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

18. "Don't buy beers to have friends." (Malawian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

19. "When a dead tree falls, the woodpeckers profit from his death." (Malawian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

20. "As a child, is a man wrapped in his mother's womb; as an adult, in tradition; comes death, and he is wrapped in earth." (Malawian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

21. "The teeth sometimes bite the tongue." (Malawian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

22. "When you are on the back of an elephant, do not pretend there is no dew on the grass." (Malawian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

23. "Don't dirty the place where you have eaten." (Malawian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

24. "Don't think back on someone whose name you forgot, he is probably someone else by now." (Malawian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

25. "There is no difference between mother and baby snakes, they are equally poisonous." (Malawian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

26. "Buffaloes are held by ropes, man by his words." (Malawian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

27. "A deer tethered with a golden chain can escape to the forest to eat grass." (Malawian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

28. "The body is killed by the mouth." (Malawian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

29. "A single head does not carry a roof." (Malawian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

30. "A new broom sweeps well." (Malawian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

31. "Wisdom is like mushrooms that come after you have finished eating, too late!" (Malawian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

32. "One must come out of one's house to begin learning." (Malawian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

33. "Even the hyena has a friend, his friend is the darkness." (Malawian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

34. "Where there is sea there will always be pirates." (Malawian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

35. "Every man is a prince in his own bed." (Malawian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

36. "If you have, give; if you need, seek." (Malawian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

37. "The widow is just as fiery as the horse that threw her." (Malawian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

38. "Don't use an axe to do embroidery." (Malawian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

39. "The body pays for a slip of the foot and gold pays for a slip of the tongue." (Malawian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

40. "When two elephants fight it is the grass that is in trouble." (Malawian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

41. "Low is the mountain, high the expectations." (Malawian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

42. "Clapping with the right hand only will not make a noise." (Malawian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

43. "One muddy buffalo makes the whole herd dirty." (Malawian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

44. "Crime leaves a trail like a water beetle; like a snail, it leaves its silver track; like a horse-mango, it leaves its smell." (Malawian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

45. "The wrong-headed fool, who refuses counsel, will come to grief." (Malawian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

46. "One little arrow does not kill a serpent." (Malawian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

47. "The betrothed of good is evil; the betrothed of life is death; the betrothed of love is divorce." (Malawian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

48. "Though near shore, you're still in the ocean." (Malawian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

49. "Just as a bamboo cane forms a round jet of water, so taking counsel together makes men of one mind." (Malawian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

50. "The smallest pepper is hottest." (Malawian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

51. "Rocks need no protection from the rain." (Malawian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

52. "The lash that drives the herd does not kill them." (Malawian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

53. "When the sky falls down, the earth shall melt." (Malawian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

54. "Ants die in sugar." (Malawian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

55. "Fish don't get caught in deep water." (Malawian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

56. "The day will come when cats have horns and Dutchmen will be circumcised." (Malawian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

57. "He can see a louse as far away as China but is not aware of an elephant on his nose." (Malawian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

58. "As a child you begin to hoe the garden on sandy soil." (Malawian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

59. "The cradle is rocked but the baby is pinched." (Malawian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

60. "Kick away the ladder and your feet are left dangling." (Malawian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

61. "Blow your horn in a herd of elephants; crow in the company of cockerels; bleat in a flock of goats." (Malawian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

62. "Where there is sugar, there are mice." (Malawian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

63. "The most fragrant of flowers are eaten by the green-fly." (Malawian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

64. "Beating a drum is not to break it." (Malawian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

65. "An upstart is a sparrow eager to marry a hornbill." (Malawian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

66. "A diplomat should be yielding and supple as a creeper that can be bent but not broken." (Malawian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

67. "The lead cow gets whipped the most." (Malawian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

68. "Don't think there are no crocodiles just because the water's calm." (Malawian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

69. "However big the whale may be, the tiny harpoon can rob him of life." (Malawian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

70. "One day of rain far surpasses a whole year of drought." (Malawian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

71. "Crabs teach their offspring to walk straight." (Malawian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

72. "Those who are at one regarding food are at one in life." (Malawian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

73. "The dog has eaten the journey." (Malawian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

74. "An egg never sits on a hen." (Malawian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

75. "If you are going to bathe, get thoroughly wet." (Malawian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

76. "Go away and the conversation changes." (Malawian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

77. "When the curry is tasty, the rice is hard." (Malawian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

78. "When it's warm the pea loses its pod." (Malawian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

79. "We all will die, but our tombs will differ." (Malawian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

80. "If you dip your arm into the pickle pot let it be up to the elbow." (Malawian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

81. "As if it weren't bad enough to fall, the ladder lands on top of you." (Malawian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

82. "A piece of incense may be as large as the knee, but unless burned emits no fragrance." (Malawian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

83. "Though a tree grows ever so high, the falling leaves return to its roots." (Malawian Sayings) Click to tweet