Language - proverbs s - z

S

Samaki mkubwa anakula ndogo

The big fish eats the smaller one

Simba akikosa nyama hula nyasi

When the Lion cannot find meat, it eats grass

U

Ukitaka kumwua nyani usimtazame macho

If you want to kill a monkey avoid looking him in the eyes

Upendo ni johari

Love is a jewel

Usililie maziwa yaliyomwagika

Don't cry over spilt milk

Usiache mbachao kwa msala upitao

One does not throw away one's old praying mat just because of a new one that one has borrowed

Utamerithitie ndatigaga kuhanda

One whose seeds have not sprouted does not give up planting

V

Vidole vitano - kipi ni bora?

Of five fingers, which is the best?

Vita hina macho

War has no eyes

W

Waarabu wa pemba hujuana kwa vilemba

The Arabs of Pemba identify one another by their turbans

Watu watatu waweka siri, wawili wakifariki

Three can keep a secret when two died

Y

Ya kale hayanuki

Good old things (values) never go bad (Good things never stink the joint even with age)

Ya kale hayapo

Let bygones be bygones

Yenda muno jakuura rurira

Too much love destroys

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