proverb [proverb]

Mganga hajigangi

Maana (Definition)

Proverb highlighting how experts frequently overlook or struggle to resolve personal difficulties despite helping others.

Tafsiri ya Kiingereza (English):

a healer cannot cure himself / experts often fail to solve their own problems

Sheng / Standard Equivalent:

mtaalamu kupata shida

Asili na Utamaduni (Origin & Etymology): Swahili Philosophical Proverb

Mfano wa Sentensi (Example Sentence):

"Daktari alishindwa kujitibu maana mganga hajigangi."

Translation: The doctor could not treat himself because a healer cannot cure himself.

Maneno Yanayohusiana (Related Terms):

Halmashauri ya ushauri Vuka mipaka