Kick away the ladder and your feet are left dangling.
More Malawian Proverbs:
The body pays for a slip of the foot, and gold pays for a slip of the tongue.Malawian
Where there is sea there will always be pirates.
Malawian
When the sky falls down, the earth shall melt.
Malawian
As a child, is a man wrapped in his mother's womb; as an adult, in tradition; comes death, and he is wrapped in earth.
Malawian
Fear to let fall a drop, will always make you spill a lot.
Malawian
Where there is sugar, there are mice.
Malawian