Meaning: If you are given an inch, do not take a yard

Context: Don't take advantage of someone's generosity

Meaning: If you see amber, ambergris is behind it

Context: Where you find one thing, you often find its counterpart (e.g., a jealous husband often has a jealous wife)

Meaning: If you see vessels floating, remember they were built

Context: Do not take success or finished products for granted; appreciate the effort behind them

Meaning: If you see something and say nothing, you will not be implicated

Context: Mind your own business to avoid trouble

Meaning: If you see your own house is smoldering, your neighbor's house is burning fiercely

Context: Your own problems may seem small, but others may be facing much worse

Meaning: If you go among the one-eyed, gouge out your own eye

Context: When in Rome, do as the Romans do; sometimes you must adapt to fit in, even if it means lowering your standards

Meaning: The brotherhood of coconuts meets in the cooking pot

Context: People who should cooperate often only come together when it is too late, often for a common downfall

Meaning: Mold the clay while it is still wet

Context: Strike while the iron is hot

Meaning: The pain of the child is known to the parent

Context: A parent understands their child's suffering best

Meaning: The laughter of a child is the light of the home

Context: Children bring joy and life to a household

Meaning: What beats you is what teaches you

Context: We learn from our hardships and mistakes

Meaning: He who eats with both hands will not have a good end

Context: Greed leads to ruin

Meaning: The eater of a goat pays back a cow

Context: You must often repay a kindness with a greater kindness

Meaning: The real eater is today's eater; what has the eater of yesterday eaten?

Context: Past deeds are irrelevant; present reality is what matters

Meaning: He who eats with you will not die for you, but he who is born with you will

Context: A true friend from childhood is more loyal than a fair-weather friend

Meaning: He who flings a stone into a crowd does not know whom it will hit

Context: Reckless actions can have unintended consequences for innocent people

Meaning: A sleeping man isn't tickled by hunger; a man who is awake is not told 'let's eat'

Context: A person knows their own needs without being told

Meaning: He who enjoys the first fruits of a country is a son of that country

Context: The one who pioneers or develops a place has a claim to it

Meaning: One who keeps silent, endures

Context: Sometimes, silence is the best way to tolerate a difficult situation

Meaning: A native of Pemba does not sew a small hole

Context: A person of status does not bother with trivial tasks