Translation of "msemo" into English

Kwa hakika, kuna ule msemo ulioibuka miaka ya hivi karibuni kwamba “kuhitimu ni sawa na kukosa ajira”.

In fact, a popular saying that has arisen in recent years holds that “graduation equals unemployment.”

Labda ndiyo sababu msemo “mwenye maringo kama tausi” hutumiwa kuhusu mtu mwenye kujivuna.

Perhaps that is why the expression “proud as a peacock” is used to describe haughty humans.

Vivyo hivyo, kwenye Kumbukumbu la Torati 32:14, msemo “mafuta ya figo ya ngano” umetafsiriwa kwa njia iliyo wazi zaidi kuwa “ngano iliyo bora.”

Similarly, at Deuteronomy 32:14, the literal idiom “the kidney fat of wheat” is rendered more clearly as “the finest wheat.”