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time and tide wait for no man
Definition:  no one has control over passage of time, it will pass, therefore a person should use time wisely so that they do not miss an opportunity
Usage:  when the call for funding opened, he immediately applied as he knew that time and tide wait for no man
SEPEDI
Translation:  nako le phulawatle ga di letele motho
Proverb: nako ke leswena e fahla nonyana phakuphaku
XITSONGA
Translation:  nkarhi na xiyimo a swi yimeli munhu
Proverb: nkarhi wu dyiwa hi makondlo
TSHIVENḒA
Translation:  tshifhinga na gabelo a zwi imeli munna
Proverb: musima thengu sima u vhone, matshelo thengu i a fhufha