ቡዳ በወዳጁ ይጠናል

ትርጉም

This proverb implies that a person's character or nature can be discerned by the company they keep. It suggests that individuals with negative traits (like a 'Buda', a person associated with the evil eye or witchcraft in Ethiopian folklore) tend to associate with others who are similar to them. Therefore, if someone befriends a person of bad character, it might indicate that they share similar characteristics or are influenced by them. It's a cautionary statement about guilt by association.

ትርጉም

ይህ ብሂል አንድ ሰው ከማን ጋር እንደሚቀርብና እንደሚውል በማየት የባህሪው ዓይነት ሊታወቅ እንደሚችል ያመለክታል። መጥፎ የሆኑ ሰዎች ከራሳቸው ጋር የሚመሳሰሉትን እንደሚቀርቡ ወይም ወዳጅነት እንደሚመሰርቱ ይገልጻል። ስለዚህ አንድ ሰው ከክፉ ሰው ጋር ወዳጅ ከሆነ እሱም የዚያ ክፉ ሰው ባህሪ ሊኖረው እንደሚችል ይጠቁማል።