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A strawberry and the wishes of a baboon

Proverb in the local language
Monokotshwai ha o butswe ka ho ya ka ditakatso tsa tshwene.
Proverb's direct translation
A strawberry doesn’t ripen according to the wishes of a baboon.
Proverb's meaning
You can't always control how things will happen.
From: Lesotho and South Africa

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