When you are pepper, I am mustard; when thou art a needle, I am a knife.
More Ethiopian Proverbs:
A loose tooth will not rest until it's pulled out.
Ethiopian
When one is prepared, difficulties do not come.
Ethiopian
O, sheep if I do not eat you, you will eat me, said the hyena.
Ethiopian
It is foolish for someone to remain thirsty when he is in the midst of water.
Ethiopian
Don't demand that what you write in the Nile will be read in the desert.
Ethiopian