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When elephants fight, it is the grass who suffers.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about fight

When elephants fight, it's the grass that suffers.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about fight

The elephant never gets tired of carrying its tusks.

Proverbs and old sayings West African

An elephant never gets tired of supporting its tusks.

Proverbs and old sayings West African

If you need ears go and borrow them from the elephant.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about need

It will be fool's hardy for the ant to chase an elephant.

Proverbs and old sayings West African

Don't enter a defecating competition against an elephant.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about competition

An elephant that kills a rat cannot be considered a hero.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about heroism

Even if thin, the elephant remains the king of the forest.

Proverbs and old sayings West African

Everywhere there is a lot of mad even an elephant will slip.

Proverbs and old sayings West African

When two elephants fight, it is the grass that gets trampled.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about fight

Even if the elephant is thin he is still the lord of the jungle.

Proverbs and old sayings West African

Even though the elephant is huge enough it cannot carry a big tail.

Proverbs and old sayings West African

If there were no elephants in the jungle, the buffalo would be big.

Proverbs and old sayings West African

There is not enough room for two elephants to sit in the same shade.

Proverbs and old sayings West African

An elephant grows and becomes an adult, even if people do not like it.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about people

The hunter who is tracking an elephant does not stop to throw stones at birds.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about hunters

When riding on top of an elephant do not assume there is no dew in the thicket.

Proverbs and old sayings West African

The best way to eat the elephant standing in your path is to cut it up into little pieces.

Proverbs and old sayings West African

When an elephant eats and eats and still cries for more, it is the grass that will get embarrassed.

Proverbs and old sayings West African