You can’t eat “almost”.
More Zulu Proverbs:
Copying everybody else all the time, the monkey one day cut his throat,Zulu
No dew ever competed with the sun.
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A horse has four legs, yet it often falls.
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The rich are always complaining.
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Do not leave your host's house throwing mud in his well.
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Do not talk about a rhinoceros if there is no tree nearby.
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