•  Af jooga looma adeego.

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• Af macaan, gacan macaan baa dhaanta.

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• Af wax cunay xishoo.

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• Abaal raaga rag baa leh.

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• Adduun waa hadhka labadiisa gelin.

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• Ama afeef hore lahow, ama adkeysin dambe lahow.

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• Ama buur ahaw, ama buur ku tiirsanow.

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• Amaano kugu raagtay yedaa baad moodaa.

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• Aammusnaan waa oggolaansho barkeed. Silence gives consent.

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• Af daboolan waa dahab. Speech is silver, silence is gold.

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• Afkeennu waysku ammaan. Between you and me.

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• Aqooni waa awood. Knowledge is power.

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• Ballandarro waa diin-darro. A promise is a promise.

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• Baruur keliya baa baruuro qurmisa. One scabbed sheep infects the whole flock.

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• Baryaaye waa aadane, bixiyana Eebbe weeye. Man proposes but God disposes.

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• Beeni raad ma leh. Lies have short legs.

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• Beentaada hore runtaada dambe bay u daran tahay. A liar is not believed when he speaks the truth.

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• Bidaari sibiq bay kugu gashaa. Baldness comes up on you stealthily.

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• Cagta cagta u saar. Breathe down smb.’s neck.

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• Calool dheregsani calool baahan kama naxdo. A man with a full belly thinks no one is hungry. / He that is warm thinks all so.

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• Cir kaa dheer, dhul kaa dheer. Between the devil and the deep blue sea.

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• Cunto-u-noole uun ha ahaannin, cunnadase ku noolaasho u quudo. Live not to eat, but eat to live.

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• Daljirka Daahsoon. The Unknown Soldier. .

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• Degdegsiinyo door ma dhaliso. More haste, less speed.

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• Diid ama ha diidin. Willy-nilly.

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• Dil waqtiga. Kill time.

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• Dux iyo dareen la’aan. A dry stick.

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• Dhagax qudha ku dil labo shimbirood. Kill two birds with one stone.

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• Dhammaan wixii dhalaala dheemman maaha. All is not gold that glitters.  

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• Dhibla’aan dheefi ma timaaddo. He that will eat the kernel must crack the nut.

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• Dhurwaaga midka ciya iyo ka aammusa, ka ciya ayaa roon. Better the devil you know than the devil you don’t know.

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• Eebbow iga badbaadi sharka saaxiibbaday; nacabkayga aniga ayaa iska difaacaya. God defend me from my friends; from my enemies I can defend myself.

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• Fadhi-ku-dirir. An armchair fighter.

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• Falka iyo iswaafaji fekirka. To practice what one preaches.

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• Fool-ka-fool. Face to face.

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• Fuley geesi hortii buu dhintaa. Cowards die many times before their deaths.

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• Gaalka dil, gartiisana sii. Give the devil his due.

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• Wadajir bay gacmuhu wax ku gooyaan. Many hands make light work.

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• Gacmo furan. With open arms.

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• Gacmo isweydaarsi bay galladi ka dhalataa. Friendship cannot stand always on one side. .

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• Geel kolkii loo heeso, goroyo u hees. Speak a different language.

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• Geeriyi nin aanad garanayn iyo geeljire ayay ku fiican tahay. Death is a commonplace only when it happens to camel-herders and to people you don't know.

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• Gees lo'aad kulaylkaa lagu gooyaa. Make hay while the sun shines.

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• Gogol rag waa godob la’aan. A good conscience is a soft pillow.

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• Good iyo abeeso waxba isma doorshaan. Between two evils ’tis not worth choosing.

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• Guul ama geeri. Do or die.

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• Guulle haydin gargaaro! God bless you!

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• Habar fadhida legdin la fudud. Easier said than done.

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• Hadal badan haan ma buuxsho. Fine words butter no parsnips.

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• Had iyo jeeraale ruux toosani ma jiro. No man is wise at all times.

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• Hadduusan qadhaadh jireen, miyaa la qiri lahaa malab? Who has never tasted bitter, knows not what is sweet.

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• Ha dhaafin, ha dhiteyn oo dib haw dhigan hawl eegga ku dhawri! Procrastination is the thief of time.

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• Hadhuub caano daata, dabada ayaa la qabtaa. It is no use crying over spilt milk.

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• Hal aad nin ku baratay kaama luminnin. No great loss without some small gain.

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• Hawl aan laguu dirsannin dalaq ha soo orannin. Mind one’s own affairs. 

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• Inta aadan falin ka fiirso. Look before you leap.

• Isha ayaa u macallin ah. Speaks for itself.

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• Isha ka rid. Hit the right nail on the head. .   .

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• Kor waayeel waa wada indho. Old birds are not to be caught with chaff.   

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• Khayr wax kaama dhimmee, shar u toog hay. Hope for the best and prepare for the worst.

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• Labawajiile. Show a false face.

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• Labo daran mid dooro. Of two evils choose the least.

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• Labo oodafo iskama abaal weydo. Claw me and I will claw thee.

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• Lillaahi iyo laqdabo meel ma wada galaan. Straight forwardness and slyness cannot enter one and the same place.  

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• Macaan midnimo ayaa leh. Union is strength.

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• Ma noola mana dhimannin. Neither dead nor alive. .

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• Mar la dage, digtoonaa. Once bitten twice shy.  

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• Meel siday u taallo ayaa loola yaallaa. Do at Rome as the Romans do.

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• Miro gunti ku jira, kuwo geed saaran looma daadsho. A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.

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• Nimaad dhashay kuma dhalinnin. Your offspring are not your parents.

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• Nimaan dhididin ma dhergo. No sweet without sweat.

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• Nimaan shaqaysan shaah waa ka xaaraan. He that will not work shall not eat.

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• Nin daad qaaday xumbo cuskay. A drowning man will catch at a straw.

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• Nin dhintay kabahiisa ayaa dhaama. A living dog is better than a dead lion.

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• Nin waliba wuxuu yahay ayuu ku moodaa. Measure smb.’s corn by one’s own bushel.

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• Ninba meesha bugta isaga ayay belbeshaa. / Ninba meesha laga hayo, hay ama haabay. Every heart knows its own bitterness. / Everyone talks about the things on his mind.

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• Oofi ereygaaga! Keep one's word. .  

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• Qalad qalad ka dabagee qallooc aan la saxin buu dhalaa. / Xumaani xumaan ma dhaqdo. Two wrongs don’t make a right.

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• Qalinka ayaa qoriga ka quwad weyn. The pen is mightier than the sword.   

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• Samraa sed hela. Everything comes to him who waits.  

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• Shakhsi aan is xushmaynin lama sharfo. He that respects not is not respected.

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• Shimbir waliba shimbirkeeda ayay la duushaa. Birds of a feather flock together.

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• Wax qof dila ayaa qof kale dawo u ah. One man’s meat is another man’s poison.