Proverb Monday

Proverb: Adeε hia ɔdεnkyεm a, ɔdidi nsuo mu na ɔnnidi kwaeε mu.
Translation: When the crocodile is hard-pressed, it eats in the water and not in the forest.
Usage: However difficult the conditions are you don't act beyond your domain.
No. 1734 in Bu me Bε by Peggy Appiah et al.

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  1. Amy2 May 2011 at 10:17

    Another great proverb, thanks!

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  2. Anonymous3 May 2011 at 09:27

    Just to say how much I enjoy your site. Personal yet wide open in thought and sharing. Thank you.

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  3. ImageNations3 May 2011 at 09:44

    Thanks Worden

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  4. ImageNations3 May 2011 at 09:44

    @Amy... thanks

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  5. Geosi3 May 2011 at 09:51

    I missed this proverb b'cus of the holiday. A great sense in this proverb.

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  6. ImageNations3 May 2011 at 09:53

    @Geosi. the things we miss if we get not to work...lol

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  7. Nana Asaase3 May 2011 at 16:27

    Nana, medaase s3 w'akae me. Kindly tag me in all your posts and let's keep the tongue wet with the brews of the deep.Me ma wo mo, Omama!

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  8. ImageNations3 May 2011 at 16:32

    Me nso meda w'ase.

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  9. Think-About-It3 May 2011 at 22:26

    I like this one. I'll find a way to use it in conversation with a friend of mine. He will crack up hearing me say it.

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  10. ImageNations4 May 2011 at 05:48

    let me know if you make your friend laugh. Lol

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  11. Think-About-It17 May 2011 at 18:54

    worked just as I expected. It took him off-guard when I released the proverb. He said "Huh? what did you say? say it again say it again". He couldn't stop laughing.
    He hadn't heard this one before but he knows several others very well, including "Funtumfunafu ne Dεnkyεmfunafu .....". He says that one is also an Adinkra symbol. There is so much wealth in our Ghanaian culture.

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  12. ImageNations17 May 2011 at 22:18

    lol. That would be fun. Yes that one is an adinkra symbol made up of two crocodiles crossing each other like the plus symbol. We have a lot of richness in our culture but we hardly ever regard them. It's all about imitation. Thanks for getting back to me.

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