METHALI ZA KISWAHILI

Baada ya dhiki faraja. After hardship comes relief.(After a storm there is calm. Every cloud has a silver lining.)

Baada ya kisa mkasa. Baada ya chanzo kitendo. Tit for tat. 

Baba wa kando si baba.. A step-father is not a father.(Blood is thicker than water.) 

Bamba na waume ni bamba; hakuna bamba la mume. A council of many men is a council; there is no council of one man alone.

Bandu bandu huisha gogo. Cutting small chips finishes the log. 

Baniani mbaya kiatu chake dawa. A bad Indian but his boot is medicine.(His wares are good.)

Bendera hufuata upepo. A flag flies in the direction of the wind.(A person who has no steadafast character wavers according to time and trends.)

Biashara haigombi.In business there are no quarrels.(A trader does not quarrel with his customers.)

Bilashi, bilashi, katu haitoshi..For nothing, for nothing, never satisfies. (If you give someone something he has not worked for, he will not appreciate it.)

Bilisi wa mtu ni mtu. The evil spirit of a man is (himself)in him. (He is his own worst enemy).

Binadamu ni majembe - ukiyaweka pamoja yatagongana..Human beings are like hoes - If you place them near each other they will clash. 

Bora afya kuliko mali. It is better to be healthy than wealthy.

Bura(inferior cloth) yangu si badili na rehani(debwani)(a superior cloth). What I have, I will not change for another's.(We can value our own even if it is inferior compared to another.It is better to be content with what you own, than to borrow and show off.)

Bure ni malio, pasipo na sikio..It is useless to cry, where there is no one listening to you. (Solve your own problems, do not depend on others.)