Don’t cut off the monkey’s tail before it is dead.
More Congolese Proverbs:
No matter how hard you throw a dead fish in the water, it still won't swim.Congolese
You inherit from the dead, not from the sick.
Congolese
He who is free of faults, will never die.
Congolese
What is said over the dead lion's body, could not be said to him alive.
Congolese
Let him speak who has seen with his eyes.
Congolese
Pride goes only as far as one can spit.
Congolese