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Igbo Proverbs

Posted on the 03 September 2014 by Radicalhope

No matter how deep you dive into water to eat banana, the skin will surface.

You don’t have to tell a deaf man that war has broken out.

A tsetse fly perched on the scrotum must be chased away with extreme care.

It is water which drowns people it is still water people must drink.

Who gave the toad the privilege of wearing a coat?

Count your teeth with your tongue.

If you look only in one direction your neck will become stiff.

It is only when you are close to man that you can begin to smell his breath.

What a young man cannot see standing atop a tall iroko tree, the experienced aged fellow already observes squatting on the grass mat or goat skin on the ground.

It is impossible for a person to be cooking food and at the same time tapping palm wine.


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