191 Ethiopian Proverbs / Page 18
- 171. When spiders' webs unite, they can tie up a lion.
 - 172. When the heart overflows, it comes out through the mouth.
- 173. When the hyena is gone, that is when the dog barks.
- 174. When the hyena is gone, the dog begins to bark.
- 175. When the Nile knows a secret the desert will soon know it too.
- 176. When the webs of the spider join, they can trap a lion.
- 177. When there are many women, the cabbage will be spoled. The slimming of an elephant and the losses of a rich man are not noticeable.
- 178. When they fooled the chicken they threw her into a carrying basket.
- 179. When they wish to eat a vulture, they call it a guinea fowl.
- 180. When you are pepper, I am mustard; when thou art a needle, I am a knife.
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