When two elephants meet on a narrow bridge, they get nowhere until one of them backs down or lies down.
More South African Proverbs:
If he keeps on imitating everybody the monkey will one day cut his own throat.South African
The quail waits for the stick; the idle loiterer about a place waits for a kick from an old boot.
South African
The last partridge to rise gets the most sticks thrown at it.
South African
The girl with stars in her eyes will shine like the moonlight.
South African
Knowledge is like a lion; it cannot be gently embraced.
South African
No hill without gravestones, no valley without shadows.
South African