:: THE IDIOMS PROJECT

There are many ways to express what we feel about the issue of HIV/AIDS, and many idioms have been applied to public awareness campaigns. Here are some examples that have been translated, transformed and adapted from different cultures. Enjoy, learn and share.



-- Kiswahili
In English: Prevention is better than cure.



-- Kiswahili
In English: Dont worry - get an HIV-test.



-- Amharic (Ethiopia)
In English: It is wiser to be careful in the beginning than to suffer at the end.



-- Nkwen Cameroon
In English: Your choice in life - beware of the red eye.



-- Urdu
In English: Prevention is better than cure.



-- Urdu
In English: It is useless to repent now that all the birds have eaten your grains.



-- Georgian
In English: Whatever you experience David, through your head it comes!



-- English
Fore-warned is fore-armed!



-- German
In English: Caution is the mother of wrapped porcelain!


-- Italian
In English: A forewarned man is half saved!


-- Swedish
In English:
It is easier to dam up a brook than a river
Preventing something is better than being prevented.


-- Danish
This is from AIDS-linien, Copenhagen.
In English:
Cozy, cozy home - remember:
put a rubber on your member.


-- Russian

In English:
Measure seven times, cut once!


-- Siswati, Swaziland

In English:
Aids is everyone's problem, so take care of yourself and others!


-- Yoruba, Nigeria

In English:
Listening is better than sacrifices.


-- Yoruba, Nigeria

In English:
WE ARE ONE


-- Wolof, The Gambia

In English:
Let us prevent before it happens!

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