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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