Are you that fly?

I was just browsing the web, during my break and came across this blog. For those of you that finished O levels and read History of Central Africa, you will recall this phrase;

The chameleon gets behind the fly, remains motionless for some time, then he advances very slowly and gently, first putting forward one leg and then another. At last, when well within reach, he darts his tongue and the fly disappears. England is the chameleon and I am that fly.
—Lobengula

Lobengula, King of the Matebele, was a South African Ndebele king. His kingdom was the last of the major African states to be destroyed by the colonialists in southern Africa.

Parallel of great principle: Sometimes it is good to admit when you are in a fix.