Special Dictionary / World Proverbs / African American Proverbs
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31 African American Proverbs.1. Ain't no use askin' the cow to pour you a glass of milk.2. All poor people ain't black/ and all black people ain't poor.3. Death don't see no difference 'tween the big house and the cabin.4. Dog don't get mad when you say he's a dog.5. Flies can't fall in a tight-closed pot.6. Hand plow can't make furrows by itself.7. Heaps of good cotton stocks get chopped up from association with the weeds.8. I'm not going to lend you a stick to break my head with.9. If you ask a Negro where he's been, he'll tell you where he's going.10. If you want to keep something secret from black folks, put it between the covers of a book. | |
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