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cross the stream where it is shallowest
Definition: it is always good to do things the easiest way possible
Usage: my son advised me to download a banking app on my smartphone, to avoid long queues at the bank; this taught me to cross the stream where it is shallowest
SEPEDI
Translation: tshela bodiba mo bo sego bja teba
Proverb: ngwana wa kome ga se a bitšwa, ke kwele kgetlepu di lla ka re ke fete ke hlola
XITSONGA
Translation: pela nambu hilaha ku nga entangiki
Proverb: huku yi dlayiwa hi le nkolweni
TSHIVENḒA
Translation: pfukhani mulambo hune a wo ngo tsesa
Proverb: muṱali u nanga muratho, tsilu ḽi nanga u tala