Tuesday 22 November 2016

Nigerian proverbs


  • 1."Give me a push from my back" does not mean give me a hunchback. 
  • 2."Now the marriage begins," says the woman who has been beaten with thorns. 
  • 3.A bag that says it will not take more, and a traditional doctor who says he would not leave anything behind are both sure to suffer. 
  • 4.A bird does not change its feathers because the weather is bad. 
  • 5.A bird that flies from the ground onto an anthill, does not know that it is still on the ground. 
  • 6.A bottle of oil warmed over the fire has no means of producing oil by itself. 
  • 7.A bush fowls' playground is never appreciably spacious. 
  • 8.A child does not die because the mother's breasts are dry. 
  • 9.A child is what you put into him. 
  • 10.A child who fears beating, would never admit that he played with a missing knife. 

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