Sudanese Proverbs
These are some of Sudanese proverbs. I tried to translate it into English.
Please make the corrections, and also I want to know if you got the meaning.
1-Muddy feet will never be shoes.
2-The floating will disappeare while you look for the deepest
3-Struggling with a disaster is better than waiting for it.
4-Extend your legs by the size of your bed.
5-The cheater is being cheated on.
6-Face to face are friends, but away from each other are like snakes
7-Continuty of the same situation is impossible.
8-A tall of palm and brain of lamb
9-Anyone was bited by a snake will always be afraid of a rope.
10-Camel can't see the curve of its neck.
11-If two persons said to you that they can't see your head , then you have to check it.
12-Your close neighbor is better for you than your distant close relative.
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Sudanese Proverbs
These are some of Sudanese proverbs. I tried to translate it into English.
Please make the corrections, and also I want to know if you got the meaning.
1-Muddy feet will never be shoes.
2-The floating will disappeare while you look for the deepest.
3-Struggling with a disaster is better than waiting for it.
4-Extend your legs by the size of your bed.
5-The cheater is being cheated on.
6-Face to face they are friends, but away from each other they are like snakes.
7-Continuity of the same situation is impossible.
8-A tall of palm and brain of lamb
9-Anyone was bited bitten by a snake will always be afraid of a rope.
10-The camel can't see the curve of its neck.
11-If two persons people said to you that they can't see your head, then you have need to check it.
12-Your close neighbor is better for you than your distant close relative.
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Comments
I found these proverbs very interesting! I think some of them are similar to some English proverbs. For example, for #7, in English we'd say "Nothing lasts forever."
I wasn't sure about the meaning of #4 so I looked it up. I learned that "stretch your legs according to your bed" is an idiom in several other languages too (Greek, Persian). I think in English we would say "Live within your means."
I didn't understand #2 and #8. If you write the originals in Arabic for me, I can try to find them online. My Arabic isn't very good but I'm pretty good at online research!
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Ezzat, in Brazil we have one with the same mean of the 9th, but in other words. "A scalded cat fears cold water"
I didn't get it the 2nd, 5th, 8th
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Thanks Saraaa
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I liked both of the 6th and the 12th one 👌🏻
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