SOME POPULAR ETHIOPIAN SAYINGS AND PROVERBS WITH THEIR TRANSLATION AND EXPLANATION IN ENGLISH. 7
37."ምከረው:ምከረው:እንቢ:ካለ:መከራ:ይምከረው::" (Mkerew mkerew enbi kale mekera ymkerew.) [="Advice him, and, advice him. Stubborn? Let trouble advise him."] Minds are different. But, it does not mean sure or better suggestions don’t have to be bought to. Especially when you share what you know for sure, rejection boils your head. So you go further and insist too much. But after you gave it all (be stubborn yourself) and still stubborn is the other person too, this proverb is for you, and it might quench you as it goes with some contextually deserved attitude. It tells that you withdraw the issue and you decided the situation will teach the person. E.g. "I told him much about the transportation problems in A.A and advised him to migrate here only after he buyt that car for 58,000 Birr. But he is still deaf to my words and opted to retain his money. I can't do anything else. It's advice him, and, advice him. If he refuses, let trouble advise him. I say he will buy ...