proverb · Legacy record
As the dog said: ‘If I fall down for you and you fall down with me; it is playing.’
As the dog said: ‘If I fall down for you and you fall down with me; it is playing.’
Historical period not yet established
Understand the thought
Meaning in plain English
A dog naming mutual falling as play gives shared participation a role in how an encounter is understood. The saying presents reciprocity as distinguishing the scene.
What the words are saying
The precise traditional comparison is unverified. A qualified reading can ask whether both participants welcome an interaction without inferring consent merely from similar movements. The animal dialogue supplies no behaviour rule, and actual harm does not become harmless just because both people acted.
Everyday example
Someone checks whether an interaction is welcome to both people rather than calling it play without asking.
When to use it
Use it only as a qualified reciprocity image with consent retained.
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What it does not mean
No consent proof from mirrored action or universal animal behaviour is established.
Agent-assisted editorial interpretation. This explains the words; it does not by itself verify their author or earliest origin.
Attribution & collection notes
- Author or tradition
- Traditional
Attribution: traditional - Country attributed
Nigeria
A country attribution does not establish the earliest origin.- Historical period
- Historical period not yet established
No sufficiently supported historical placement has been established. Import and download dates are not treated as composition dates. - Recorded source
- Contributor-provided wisdom reference (2014 AD)
Supplied reference B; unit 661; PDF page 60; collection label: Nigeria
A collection's publication date can be later than the words it records.
- Culture
- Nigeria
