In plain words
One person cannot hold everything up. You need a few.
Where these words come from
- 82% sureThese words were traced back to where they first appeared. That source is listed below.
- Swahili proverb (Jifya moja haliinjiki chungu, #1248) from the University of Illinois African Studies department's scholarly Swahili proverb archive, English translation given on the source page.
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