54 Xhosa Proverbs
1. ![A brand burns him who stirs it up.. Xhosa Proverb.](/img/view.gif)
A brand burns him who stirs it up.
2. ![A dog of the wind.. Xhosa Proverb.](/img/view.gif)
A dog of the wind.
3. ![A person who will not take advice gets knowledge when trouble overtakes him.. Xhosa Proverb.](/img/view.gif)
A person who will not take advice gets knowledge when trouble overtakes him.
4. ![A spy for both.. Xhosa Proverb.](/img/view.gif)
A spy for both.
5. ![Bakuba is far away, no person ever reached it.. Xhosa Proverb.](/img/view.gif)
Bakuba is far away, no person ever reached it.
6. ![Guluwe's two of yesterday.. Xhosa Proverb.](/img/view.gif)
Guluwe's two of yesterday.
7. ![He has drunk the juice of the flower of the wild aloe.. Xhosa Proverb.](/img/view.gif)
He has drunk the juice of the flower of the wild aloe.
8. ![He has fastened a dog to a shrub.. Xhosa Proverb.](/img/view.gif)
He has fastened a dog to a shrub.
9. ![He has gone in pursuit of the birds of the sea.. Xhosa Proverb.](/img/view.gif)
He has gone in pursuit of the birds of the sea.
10. ![He is a buck of an endless forest.. Xhosa Proverb.](/img/view.gif)
He is a buck of an endless forest.
11. ![He is ripe inside, like a water-melon.. Xhosa Proverb.](/img/view.gif)
He is ripe inside, like a water-melon.
12. ![I rejoice that Kolomba's mother is dead.. Xhosa Proverb.](/img/view.gif)
I rejoice that Kolomba's mother is dead.
13. ![I, the adhesive grass, will stick fast to you.. Xhosa Proverb.](/img/view.gif)
I, the adhesive grass, will stick fast to you.
14. ![If we blink the eyes in order not to see a wicked person, how shall we be able to see a good person?. Xhosa Proverb.](/img/view.gif)
If we blink the eyes in order not to see a wicked person, how shall we be able to see a good person?
15. ![It dies and rises like the moon.. Xhosa Proverb.](/img/view.gif)
It dies and rises like the moon.
16. ![It has stuck fast by one of the front legs.. Xhosa Proverb.](/img/view.gif)
It has stuck fast by one of the front legs.
17. ![It is a cob stripped of maize in an ashpit.. Xhosa Proverb.](/img/view.gif)
It is a cob stripped of maize in an ashpit.
18. ![It is not every one who is a son of Gaika.. Xhosa Proverb.](/img/view.gif)
It is not every one who is a son of Gaika.
19. ![It is the foot of a baboon.. Xhosa Proverb.](/img/view.gif)
It is the foot of a baboon.
20. ![It is the seed of the umya.. Xhosa Proverb.](/img/view.gif)
It is the seed of the umya.
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