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When spider webs unite, they can tie up a lion.

What it means
One strand of spider silk is nothing against a lion, but thousands woven together can hold one down. Small efforts, joined up, can overcome what none of them could face alone.
Amharic · East Africa
Source and context
From: Amharic, East Africa
Source: Ethiopian Amharic proverb; no. 11 in the English list of "155 Ethiopian Proverbs and Wise Sayings in Amharic and English" (allaboutethio.com), which words it "When webs of a spider join together, they can trap a lion". That page lists the sayings without explanations, so the meaning given here is our own reading.

The meaning given here is our own reading. Other interpretations exist.

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