This Betsimisaraka proverb speaks about expectations and patience. Waiting for a boar to climb when it does not want to descend into the forest means having unrealistic expectations or waiting for something unlikely to happen. It’s similar to the English proverb ‘When pigs fly’ meaning to wait for something that is impossible or highly unlikely to occur. It implies that we should not base our hopes on improbable or unrealistic solutions to our problems.