UMary Allen
Izaga nezisho zinesiko elide. Ngokuphindaphindiwe, izilwane zisetshenziswa ngokuhlakanipha kwabantu ukuze kucaciswe incazelo - futhi ngezinye izikhathi umbhedo. Isisho esithi “Inyoni yokuqala ibamba isibungu” sithandwa kakhulu. Kodwa lo musho usho ukuthini futhi uvelaphi?
Kusho Ukuthini Ukuthi “Inyoni Yokuqala Ithola Isikelemu”?
“Inyoni yokuqala ibamba isibungu” kusho: Uma uqala ukwenza izinto ngesikhathi noma uqala ukubonakala endaweni ethile, unethuba elingcono lokuphumelela. Ngakho-ke kumayelana nokuthola inzuzo ngaphezu kwalabo abangase bancintisane nabo ngokwenza kusenesikhathi.
Lesi saga sisuka ekutheni uma kusa inyoni inethuba elingcono lokuthola isibungu. Le yakamuva ingena phezulu ikakhulukazi ekuseni lapho inhlabathi isamanzi ngenxa yamazolo.
Isisho sivela eGreat Britain
Okungaziwa abantu abaningi ukuthi leli gama livela esiNgisini.
Lesi sisho saqala ukusetshenziswa ngo-1670 encwadini kaJohn Ray ethi “A collection of English proverbs”. Lapho yayisithi: “Inyoni yakuqala ibamba isibungu”.
Kungenjalo, ungase futhi uthi “Woza kuqala, uphakelwe kuqala” noma “Ekuseni ngovivi ubamba isibungu”. Ngisho noma kukhulunywa ngezisho, imigwaqo eminingi iholela eRoma.