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if the mountain will not come to Muhammad, Muhammad must go to the mountain
Definition:  if one’s plan fails, there must be an alternative way to execute the job at hand
Usage:  since it is me who wants the book ‘child in darkness’, and you say you are not coming to school tomorrow; it is then the case of ‘if the mountain won’t come to Muhammad, Muhammad must go to the mountain’; I will, therefore, have to come for it
SEPEDI
Translation:  ge thaba e ka se tle go Muhammad, Muhammad o swanetše go ya go thaba
Proverb: molwetši o latelela ngaka
XITSONGA
Translation:  loko kuve ntshava a yi nge ti ka muhammad, muhammad u fanele ku ya entshaveni.
Proverb: loko nambu wu nga hundzi hi le ka wena, yana enambyeni
TSHIVENḒA
Translation:  arali thavha i sa ḓa kha Muhammad, Muhammad u tea u ya kha thavha              
Proverb: ṋama i ḽiwa muvoni