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Crab Proverbs
The crab instructs its young: "Walk straight ahead - like me.”.
Hindi Proverb
If you come near the river, you will hear the crab cough.
Ghana Proverb
A crab does not beget a bird.
Ghana Proverb
A lame crab walks straight.
Afghan Proverb
Until a crab finds itself in a very hot pot of soup, it will never understand that water can be both cold and hot.
African Proverb
When crab walk too much him lose him claw.
Jamaican Proverb
If you didn't catch anything when fishing, then a crab is a fish.
Russian Proverb
Let the crab take counsel with its leg.
Samoan Proverb
As a crab walks, so walk its children.
Kpelle Proverb
It's by following his friends that a crab lost its hiding place.
Creole Proverb
The hole the crab digs takes on the shape of its shell.
Japanese Proverb
If you live by the river you can hear the crab cough.
African Proverb
Walk straight, my son – as the old crab said to the young crab.
Irish Proverb
The crab that walks miles too far will fall into the pot.
Haitian Proverb
The crab that walks too far falls into the pot.
Haitian Proverb
The crab has stuck fast between the stones at the entrance of its hole.
Xhosa Proverb
The crab would catch the hare!
Latin Proverb
You cannot make a crab walk straight.
English Proverb