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401. When the water rises, the fish eat the ants; when the water falls, the ants eat the fish.. Lao Proverb. When the water rises, the fish eat the ants; when the water falls, the ants eat the fish.
Lao Proverb

402. The fish, seeing the water has dried up, struggles mightily in the mud.. Togolese Proverb. The fish, seeing the water has dried up, struggles mightily in the mud.
Togolese Proverb

403. Don't butter the skillet before catching the fish.. Togolese Proverb. Don't butter the skillet before catching the fish.
Togolese Proverb

404. If you find no fish, you have to eat bread.. Ghana Proverb. If you find no fish, you have to eat bread.
Ghana Proverb

405. You cannot think you could teach a fish to swim.. Asian proverb. You cannot think you could teach a fish to swim.
Asian Proverb

406. The leopard does not eat fish.. Ekonda proverb. The leopard does not eat fish.
Ekonda Proverb

407. In the great river there are large and small fish.. Ewe proverb. In the great river there are large and small fish.
Ewe Proverb

408. A child's lie is like a dead fish in a pond that in the end, always comes to the surface, explains his mother.. Luo proverb. A child's lie is like a dead fish in a pond that in the end, always comes to the surface, explains his mother.
Luo Proverb

409. Hunger makes the big fish come out of hiding in the great river.. Niliotic proverb. Hunger makes the big fish come out of hiding in the great river.
Niliotic Proverb

410. When yuh see a man fishing in a dry pond don't call he a fool.. Bajan Proverb. When yuh see a man fishing in a dry pond don't call he a fool.
Bajan Proverb

411. Perhaps you will eat a whole elephant and nothing gets stuck in your throat, and then you eat a fish and a bone gets stuck in your throat.. Tshi Proverb. Perhaps you will eat a whole elephant and nothing gets stuck in your throat, and then you eat a fish and a bone gets stuck in your throat.
Tshi Proverb

412. If you aim your spear at two fish, both will escape.. Tahitian Proverb. If you aim your spear at two fish, both will escape.
Tahitian Proverb

413. Maybe my canoe is bigger than yours, but the sea is the same. If there are no fish, we both go hungry.. Zanzibar Proverb. Maybe my canoe is bigger than yours, but the sea is the same. If there are no fish, we both go hungry.
Zanzibar Proverb

414. He who digs too deep for a fish, may come out with a snake.. Ethiopia Proverb. He who digs too deep for a fish, may come out with a snake.
Ethiopia Proverb

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