Kila mwamba ngoma, ngozi huivutia kwake
KEnglish Translation
Everyone who stretches a skin on a drum, pulls the skin to his own side
Context & Meaning
People act in their own interest
Proverb ID
#165Type
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If after pounding I eat no flour, I withhold my pe...
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To die like a sheep is to die like a gentleman
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One fault does not warrant the divorce of a wife
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