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the squeaky wheel gets the grease
Definition: people must learn to talk when they are facing challenges in their lives in order for them to get help
Usage: we need to go and give the municipality our complaints, that is the only way we will get help; is it not true that the squeaky wheel gets the grease?
SEPEDI
Translation: leotwana leo le llago le hwetša makhura
Proverb: ngwana yo a sa llego o hwela tharing
XITSONGA
Translation: vhilwa leri rhasaka ri kuma girisi
Proverb: n’wana loyi a nga ririki u fela edzobyeni
TSHIVENḒA
Translation: vhili ḽi itaho phosho ḽi wana girisi
Proverb: ṅwana hu ḽa a lilaho