Rodgers Dictionary of Proverbs
Mother Nature, time and patience are the
three best doctors.
Mother sets aside and the cat eats.
Mother, I must have a husband, or I shall set
fire to the house.
Mother, marry me, marry me, or the gull
will fly away with me.
Mother, what is marrying? Spinning,
bearing children, and crying, daughter.
Mother-in-law and daughter-in-law are a
tempest and hail storm.
Mother-in-law and daughter-in-law can be
cooked together but they will never be
tender.
Mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, storm
and hail.
Mother's love is ever in its spring.
Mothers raise their daughters and let their
sons grow up.
Mother's soup is always the best in the
world.
Mother's truth keeps constant youth.
Mothers-in-law are fine so long as they are
deaf and blind.
Mothers-in-law are hard of hearing.
Motives are insignificant.
Mountain does not meet mountain but man
does meet man.
Mountain does not meet mountain, but a
face meets another face.
Mountain does not meet mountain, but a
face meets another face.
Mountain won't meet mountain, but man
will meet man.
Mountains are not esteemed because they
are high, but because they have trees.
Mountains are used to snow.
Mountains never unite.
Mountains will never join other mountains
but men will confront other men.
Mountains won't endure on what lies ready.
Moustaches hide the imperfections of the
mouth.
Mouth and heart are wide apart.
Mouth from honey, heart of gall.
Mouth is in gear, brain is in neutral.
Mouth is the home of words.
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Mouth of honey, heart of gall.
Mouth shut and eyes open.
Mouth will not be sweet if you say halva.
Move like a chameleon, look in front, and
watch behind.
Move your neck according to the music.
Movement is a blessing.
Moving moving, many names. (A person is
given names in accordance with what
they do.)
Moving water makes stagnant water move.
Mpaza, greedy greedy. She flies into a rage
over a penny.
Mr has a maid and yet Mr has to beg.
Mr. ‘Has not’ caught a hippopotamus in a
fish trap. (It is possible for an ordinary
person to do a great thing.)
Mr. ‘Let me taste’ finished the whole pot.
(Being patient is good so that you can
receive things at the right time.)
Mr. ‘Love myself’ was chased away.
(Thinking too highly of oneself is not
good because it destroys relationships.)
Mr. Crocodile dragging himself in the
shallow water. (Do not hide so that you
can see what people are doing)
Mr. Frog finished the journey with hopping.
(We can accomplish things by doing
them little by little.)
Mr. Hare heard the first word. (You should
think before speaking, because the first
words often express the truth.)
Mr. Hare sent Mr. Elephant on an errand. (It
is possible for the young to send the old
to do something for them.)
Mr. Hyena denied the castor seeds. (Some
things become obvious by just observing
them.)
Mr. Hyena failed to be a Muslim. (Don’t
pretend to be something that you are
not.)
Mr. Mtimbanje was killed by adding more.
(Don’t jump quickly to conclusions
before you examine a situation closely.)