The frog wanted to be as big as the elephant, and burst.
More Ethiopian Proverbs:
The cow knows the cowherd but not the owner.Ethiopian
A shameless person has no sense of shame at all.
Ethiopian
The same water never runs into the same river.
Ethiopian
The witness of a rat is another rat.
Ethiopian
When he looked under the saddle he lost his horse.
Ethiopian
You are like dew even before it rains.
Ethiopian