Language - proverbs g - l

G

Gonga gogo usikilize mlio wake

Knock the wood and you can hear its sound

Gutiri keega kaumaga heega

Nothing good comes out of an easy situation

H

Hapana maji yasipo mawimbi

No water without waves

Hapana marefu yasiyo na ncha

No length without end

Hapana masika yasiyo na mbu

No masika (rainseason) without mosquitos

Heri kufa macho kuliko kufa roho

It is better for the eye to die than the heart

Heshima tukipeana daima tutapendana

If we respect each other, we can always love each other

Hiari yashinda utumwa

A willing hand makes work easy

I

Ikiwa hujui kufa tizama kaburi

If you do not know death look at the grave

Ivumayo haidumu

The celebrated does not last forever

J

Jambo usilolijua ni kama usiku wa giza

Ignorance is like a dark night

Jina jema hung'aa gizani

A good name shines in the dark

Jungu kuu halikosi ukoko

An old pot never lacks food remains

K

Kamba hukatikia pembamba

A rope parts where is thinnest (blame always fall on the weak)

Kamuingi koyaga ndiri (Gikuyu)

Many hands make work easy

Kata pua uunge wajihi

Cut your nose to save your face

Kawaida ni kama sheria

Good use is like law

Kawia ufike

Better late than never

Kazi mbaya si mchezo mwema

Bad work is no good game

Kenda karibu na kumi

Nine is nearly ten

Kiburi si maungwana

Arrogance is not gentelmanlike

Kidole kimoja hakivunji chawa

One Finger does not kill a louse

Kihooko kiunaga uta mugeete

Truth is stonger than weapons

Kikulacho kiko nguoni mwako

What bites you is in your clothes (the enemy is among us)

Kila chombo na wimbile

Every ship has its own waves

Kila mlango kwa ufunguo wake

Every door has its own key

Kila ndege huruka kwa bawa lake

Every bird flies with its own wings

Kimwa kemuiyot konegit kome kole "maame chito ne kabara ago aame chito ne kaing'eta eng ole kaung'ekei

the hare said this just before it died "I dont blame him who has killed me but I lame him who romoved me from where I was hiding

Kizuri chajiuza kibaya chajitembeza

Nice things sell, bad things advertise

Kupata si kwa werevu, na kukosa si ujinga

Getting is not cleverness, lacking is not stupidity

Kuria uru gutingigiria ukaria wega (Gikuyu)

Hard times do not preclude good times

Kusikia si kuona

To hear/feel is not to see (I only will believe it if I see it)

Kuuliza hapana wasimu

To ask is not stupid

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