when spider webs unite, they can tie up a lion
- when spider webs unite, they can tie up a lion
African proverb.
1987 J. SHREEVE Nature 66 ‘When spider webs unite,’ says an Ethiopian proverb, ‘they can halt a lion.’ Large deer and antelope—the caribou, wildebeest, impalas, and the like—cannot.
1997 on http://www.whsc.emory.edu Partnerships are vital to Brand’s approach to public health. At the beginning of her graduate career, a lecturer concluded a presentation with an Ethiopian proverb, ‘When spider webs unite, they can tie up a lion’ By the end of her graduate studies, Brand realized that ‘partnerships are like spider webs.’
2006 ‘In the News’ 18 Dec. on http://www.redcross.org There is an old African proverb that says: ‘When spider webs unite, they can tie up a lion.’ On Thursday, Dec. 14, the American Red Cross and our Malaria No More Partners will unite so that we can tie up the deadly lion of malaria.
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lion — see a live dog is better than a dead lion March comes in like a lion, and goes out like a lamb a mouse may help a lion when spider webs unite, they can tie up a lion until the lions produce their own historian, the story of the hunt will glorify… … Proverbs new dictionary
spider — see when spider webs unite, they can tie up a lion if you want to live and thrive, let the spider run alive … Proverbs new dictionary
tie — see when spider webs unite, they can tie up a lion trust in God but tie your camel … Proverbs new dictionary
unite — see when spider webs unite, they can tie up a lion united we stand, divided we fall … Proverbs new dictionary
Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs, Thematic Index — absence absence makes the heart grow fonder he who is absent is always in the wrong the best of friends must part blue are the hills that are far away distance lends enchantment to the view out of sight, out of mind … Proverbs new dictionary
web — see when spider webs unite, they can tie up a lion … Proverbs new dictionary
