Ethiopian Proverbs Sayings

To one who does not know, a small garden is a forest.
Ethiopia

When one is in love, a cliff becomes a meadow.
Ethiopia

Evil enters like a needle and spreads like a oak tree.
Ethiopia

Smooth seas do not make skillful sailors.
Ethiopia

Restless feet may walk into a snake pit.
Ethiopia

Snake at your feet a stick at your hand!
Ethiopia

The witness of a rat is another rat.
Ethiopia

He who learns, teaches.
Ethiopia

Woman without man is like a field without seed.
Ethiopia

Unless you call out, who will open the door?
Ethiopia

When the heart overflows, it comes out through the mouth.
Ethiopia

You cannot build a house for last year’s summer.
Ethiopia

When spider webs unite, they can tie up a lion.
Ethiopia

The fool speaks, the wise man listens.
Ethiopia

A cat may go to a monastery, but she still remains a cat.
Ethiopia

A silly daughter teaches her mother how to bear children.
Ethiopia

It is easy to become a monk in one’s old age.
Ethiopia

The fool is thirsty in the midst of water.
Ethiopia

As the wound inflames the finger, so thought inflames the mind.
Ethiopia-Oromo

Move your neck according to the music.
Ethiopia-Oromo