That is why when a language goes into extinction, one of the vital ements that dies with it is the people’s legacy of proverbs. English also boasts (not boasts of) many proverbs, which are like an asset to every user of the language. If there were, many people would have been jailed for saying:Birds of the same feathers flock together. So, they say, Birds of like feathers flock together. That will sound like the way popular Yoruba comedian, Baba Suwe, used to twist proverbs when he was just emerging on the scene.

Source: Punch July 02, 2019 03:11 UTC