Kwa mwoga huenda kicheko na kwa shujaa huenda kilio
KEnglish Translation
With a timid person goes laughter, with a bold person goes wailing
Context & Meaning
Caution avoids disaster; bravery sometimes leads to it
Proverb ID
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Kila mwamba ngoma, ngozi huivutia kwake
Everyone who stretches a skin on a drum, pulls the...
Everyone who stretches a skin on a drum, pulls the...
Kuzima koleo si mwisho wa uhunzi
Cooling the tongs is not the end of forging
Cooling the tongs is not the end of forging
Kulenga si kufuma
To aim is not to hit
To aim is not to hit
Kizuri chajuiza, kibaya chajitembeza
A good thing sells itself, a bad thing advertises ...
A good thing sells itself, a bad thing advertises ...
Kisebusebu na kiroho papo
Refusing and wanting at the same time
Refusing and wanting at the same time