A starving crocodile is never pleasant.
More Malagasy Proverbs:
Love is just like rice -- plant it elsewhere and it grows.Malagasy
You may well have caught a bird, but have you a fire to roast it on?
Malagasy
Cross the river among a crowd and the crocodile won't eat you.
Malagasy
Crows are black everywhere.
Malagasy
It is better to refuse than to accept and not to go.
Malagasy
Divorce a young woman and you make another man happy.
Malagasy