Ibo Proverbs - page 2

If a baby crawls up to me and pinches me, I will get on my knees and pinch him back. (Ibo Proverb)
If a young man is not prudent in seeking what killed his father, what killed his father may also kill him. View proverb
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If the kernels are not finished, the jaw will not rest. View proverb
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The same rain that drenches the slave also drenches the slave driver. View proverb
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What gives the child the itch has already given him the fingernails for scratching it. View proverb
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Whatever the type of firewood found in a place, it is usually good enough for the people of that place to cook with. View proverb
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When a drunken man meets a mad man, he learns the difference between being merely drunk and being truly mad. View proverb
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When a person is not as she used to be, she does not behave as she used to behave. View proverb
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When a poor man gets a little money, his thoughts go off in ten different directions. View proverb
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When a very short man causes the market to break up in a big fight, bystanders ask him to stand up so that they can see how short he really is. View proverb
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When the leopard has a broken paw, the antellope comes to collect an old debt. (Ibo Proverb)
When the mother goat breaks into the yam store her kid watches her. View proverb
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When the music stops, a deaf person continues to dance. View proverb
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Whichever son is able should bury his father. The first son did not kill him. View proverb
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While the wooden idols are tormenting me, the termites are tormenting them. View proverb
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You may be clever but you can never lose your shadow. View proverb
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A bad habit that lasts more than a year may turn into a custom. View proverb
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A calm spirit will enable a man to survive even a six-month jail sentence. View proverb
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A guest mourner does not wail as though his heart is broken. View proverb
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A man has the same last name as his brother. View proverb
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A man who believes that he can do everything, let him dig a grave and bury himself. (Ibo Proverb)
A man who rushes into battle does not realize that battle entails death. View proverb
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A man with a missing tooth does not eat ugiri with relish. View proverb
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A palm tree climber is not expected to tell everything he sees from up above. View proverb
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A person can never run so fast as to run away from his backside. View proverb
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