If you take your tongue to the pawnshop, you can’t redeem it later.
More Ghanaian Proverbs:
A knife does not know who is its master.Ghanaian
One falsehood spoils a thousand truths.
Ghanaian
One cannot both feast and become rich.
Ghanaian
When the cock is drunk, he forgets about the hawk.
Ghanaian
A woman is like a blanket: If you cover yourself with it, it bothers you; if you throw it aside you will feel the cold.
Ghanaian
It is the wife who knows her husband.
Ghanaian