"na Ibrahim Nyanda 🏆 Shindano la Insha ya Methali
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You can sail in a ship by yourself,
Take a nap or a nip by yourself.
You can get into debt on your own.
There are lots of things that you can do alone.
But it takes two to tango, two to tango...
ايد لوحدها ماتسقفش
One hand can't clap
Bila mtu wa pili ugomvi hauanzi
Without a second person a quarrel cannot start
Kidole kimoja hakiuwi chawa
One finger doesn't kill a louse
[M]tu hawezi kupata uzoefu wa mambo yote yahusuyo maisha kutoka kwa wazazi wake: lazima awe tayari kufunzwa na ulimwengu, yaani kujifunza kutoka kwa wengine zaidi ya baba na mama yake.
Better than never is late
“Bora kuliko kamwe ni kuchelewa
-The Canterbury Tales, The Canon's Yeoman's Tale
Lilatini: potiusque sero quam numquam
Bora kuchelewa kuliko kukosa kabisa
- History of Rome, Book 4
It's never too late
Hakuna kuchelewa
Don't close the gate after the horse has bolted.
Usifunge mlango baada ya farasi kukimbia
जब जाति तब सवेरे
Wakati wowote unapoamka, ndo asubuhi yako
Fikiria kama umechelewa Mahojiano ya Ajira. Ungefanyaje? Next time unapofikiri "Nimeshachelewa" jiambie "Bora kuchelewa kuliko kukosa kabisa." Kwa mfano makala hii ya Methali ya Siku ilichelewa, lakini sasa unaisoma - Asante!