Meaning: One hand cannot slaughter a cow

Context: Cooperation is necessary for great tasks

Meaning: One hand cannot nurse a child

Context: It takes more than one person to raise a child; community effort is needed

Meaning: An empty hand is not licked

Context: You cannot expect to receive anything if you have nothing to give

Meaning: Kiss the hand you cannot cut off

Context: If you cannot defeat someone, it is wiser to show respect or make peace

Meaning: One who has little relish must eat sparingly

Context: You must live within your means

Meaning: A spear for a pig is painful to a human being

Context: You don't feel the pain of an action until it's done to you

Meaning: The farmer is one, but the eaters are many

Context: Many people enjoy the fruits of a single person's hard work

Meaning: He who eats another's food will have his own food eaten

Context: What you do to others, will be done to you

Meaning: He who eats bitter things will not lack sweet things

Context: Enduring hardship can lead to better times; every cloud has a silver lining

Meaning: He who devours his neighbour's fowl will be given away by its footprints

Context: A wrongdoer will inevitably leave evidence of their crime

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: He who drinks water with one hand finds his thirst is still there

Context: An insufficient effort will not solve the problem

Meaning: Take one; not "go and return with ten"

Context: A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush