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It was a bad thought that made them build a fireproof house	Yekpa dede a kpa a ci tu kata ti te o
When it thunders the child in pawn is glad	Soko kun swafa manin
An old man is a dumping ground everybody throws sweepings on him tells him their troubles	Nusa tutunti u yi o eza ndoiido ku ba da ya kpe u
When your arm is weak you say the knife is	Ekpa gbo a wo ga ebi nii a
I havent got a cowrie to-day but that does not hinder me from having two thousand to-morrow	Mi de wo em nyina a wuncin ma eka mi gba nyide sun a
When one shoots an arrow does the ground get out of the way ?	Ajin a ce kpa kin yaba?
One who always asks the way wont go astray but he cant hide where he is going	Gbinga wo u gbinka a ama zunma u tsa aso a
When you have nothing more on the fire take your eyes away	Enya o u ga azo na ba o a ye la bo
When a big bird goes to a tree the little ones leave	Eluko lo gba elugi abici
Dont sell me a dog that has no teeth	Ga kun esi nyikankpinei ya mi ma
When tlie goat is old enough to eat corn it is old enough to be hit with the pestle	Ena u ga kun yi gi wnn akun tun ta
When they roast a guinea-fowl the partridge has a headache	A ga epo selu eti fe nu kparo
When the hunt turns out to be an elephant hunt call your dogs off	Egbe wim aze gbe dagba a sigi o won go
A great city is not taken by means of a quarrel	A gun zhiko be wun nyi a
A timid person does not enjoy the world	Eza tipachi u woma yizhe a
A respected man will never go to the ferry and lack a boat	Eza yiganci u lo kpata u cin ya bo a
A growth on a thing is never as big as the thing itself	Koko u knn nya na u kii na a
Medicine that is mixed up with food even if it doesnt cure the disease will cure hunger	Cigbe na a le be koko nyi na kaga u zo gun a wun a zo mada
They dont waste good words selling a cat for it will not catch anything more than rats	A la ami mana kun dangi a gania wun a won nya ga etsu a
When a person says What is there I have never eaten envy makes him say it	Eza ga ga ga Ke ke mi gi le a ? nyagban-nyi go ube
When an old person is near by nothing will be spoiled but they snatch away their hand where fire burns them	Nusa da ba o enya nyi a ama a la egwa ba na din a wa
A dog that is good at hunting is the one they put a collar on	Esigi na gomi gbe na wim ga a la giri da o
When a chameleon falls God has been put to shame	Giama ga anikin ziinye asun Soko
Take and hold it does not mean take and eat it	Go sungwa u yi go gi a
Do people lick medicine and forget their tongue ?	Ajin a mu cigbe a gintara bata ?
Two white cloths cannot colour each other	Dekun guba eya dozi simi a
There is always room for one who is wanted	Eza na a wa na eba pin wun a
u ma gwa bise a A man on horseback cannot show the height of a fowl	Eza fe doko ti o
Wood that burns well will not last long	Cigban na ma na na u ko a
Do they have two irons in the fire while forging ?	Ajin a la nyankpa guba fi na o tswa ?
Sleep is the youDger brother of death	Ele gwaziinma tsutsu u yi o
A man who has not got his board money need not expect any porridge	Bagi na de sena a na wun a tu je ye a
Little by little the Niger rises till it overflows themroad	Degi degi edii za ci be go yeko o
Even if water is scarce the threshold will have enough to drink	Nnwon amalo zempa a de fin
Truth makes the hands cleaner than soap	Gasikiyagwa ga ko
A lie hurts more than a sore	Gamana ta ga tin
To trouble me is better than to forget me	La n gasun wuncin ge ga la n bata
Death is the master of the house and is no stranger but when it comes it will have become a stranger to us that day	Tsutsu emitso u yi o u jin ga a ama fo na wun abe na wun aze ga ya yi fo ga
The cattle dont thank the meadow	Nanko edajin ya bata a
Are you an arrow that is shot out and does not return ?	Ekpa wo yi o a ce o wo zin a ?
Do well to-day on account of to-morrow	A jin nyina ge ebo sun o
Constant reminding does not allow the ear to die	Tukpa pa u lugwa tukpa atsu a
They dont call for two [canoe] men at a ferry crossing	A yi za guba kpata bo a
Nothing makes as much noise as a drum	Enya ndondo ti ke enya na a
The old man runs from death but the child stands and looks at it	Nusa ga abici nya tsutsu dzakangi a gikumi chin u le
If children are kindling the fire of death if an old man is there he should scatter it	Dzakangi ga egun na tsutsu nusa a da bo u ga ya
Do scorpions sting stones?	Kinkere tun takun?
The day that a man wears his best clothes he wont meet his father-in-law that day	Fo na eza fa wo wangi na wun a gun yele u fo ga a
The sin of the thief is one but the sins of the owner are a thousand	Aleki nya yig-beci yi nini nya eza na wiin nya ii na yi kpotsun
When an elephant kicks only an elephant can receive that kick	Dagba ga a tsiin ce dagba ga a go won o
A friend of a thief is a thief	Eya yigbeci yigbeci u yi o
The banana bears bad fruit for it kills its mother	Yaba ma gi dede a una u wu
The cat sits at home telling how nimble she is let her go to the forest and watch the monkey !	Dangi da m bo eta fifa lugwa u lo kuso u da u cin kana u le
They call you the mother of twins and you are very proud what about tlie hen that has ten chickens ?	A yi we mia bakogi wo jin gaga bise na ema guwo na ke u jin o?
When the knife is too sharp it cuts the sheath	Ebi ga aga nu wun a tswa sa
It is the water that doesnt fill the pot that makes the most noise	Nuwon na se babo a na wun ga ebe duku nyi o
You cant enjoy two things on a sandbank	A woma guba gunji bo a
Talking is not doing	Egaga a cin a yi jinjin a
If you see an old man running if he is not chasing something something is chasing him	Wo g-a le nusa ye ebichi kaga wun enya nya a afe enya enya u
Bad news the fish is bathing in warm water	Egan dede nyika fu nuwon bipa
When a person is fall what remains bears witness to it	Nil! ga fu za jekiui yi li o
The birch rod doesnt reach the character the body stands between	Sangi u tun ba li a naka a ke u ba
Two linndred flies one bee	Dinni kpako efu nini
Two hundred rats one cat	Etsu kpako dangi nini
Dont consider the goodness of a man as long as he has money	Ga Iwo ege nya bagi ma bagi de u de wo
Money kills more men than a staff	Ewo wu za ga tsukiin
Seeing is better than hearing	Yele ge ga wuwo
The leaf said that it would not dance to the wind	Fiiini ga wun a nyanya nya fe a u de edza nya gwa u ?
null	has it got a drummer of its own ?
Death swallows up the old it does not swallow the young	Tsutsu go niisa nyi ii go dzakangi nyi a
If a child lives it will become an old person	Dzakangi ga da bo wun a be aze nusa
Delay does not spoil things it makes them better	Zinkiri u nyi nya a wun ege nya ge
Private conversation does not fly over walls it is the people of the house who tell it	Ega fii sokiin a eza mi la u be o
An old bird never carries a stick	Elu kukii u la tsnkun a
if a bad child is born they wont give it to the	A ma gi dedea la ya makundunnu a
null	hyenas
A weak person turns a quarrel into laughter / e he cant fight it out	Bola la wun ze tsa
If a grain of corn falls in the mud the inside is still white	Eyi wara ga pin do ninmi u yi tsatsanyi
No one accuses an old person to the face hastily	A la ega tun nusa ye vanyi a
God is in no hurry	Soko edinye a
There are many things that catch chickens besides cats	E toto dangi a nya na ewpn bise na dokun
You dont get a pigeon for nothing [so] look at its wings	A de lukuku fia a cin gwapa u le
The river-bank doesnt fall away with the bird [in it]	Baba sa be iu nyi a
Pepper is small but it smarts	Tsuta gbagba u ma ya
Water runs in ditches	Dinye nuwon eda o
The new moon is never in such a hurry that it appears in the morning	Eye din tswa u ce lazin a
A dispute may be ended in the face and still remain in the heart	Ebo zo ye o u ma zo nyagban bo a
I am going I am going that is what makes the journey long	Mi a lo zi mi a lo zi wun ga ela zi lokpa
The man who wants to gain this world wont play and the one who wants to gain the next world wont play	Eza iia ewa yize na wun a dzodzo a eza na ewa eku na wun a dzodzo a
It is work that puts one man ahead of another	Etun wun ga ela eza wangi ga gwa o
The big toe never does the ear any harm	Bici titinko wun ejin tukpa lefi a
Even the tongue and the teeth quarrel now and then	Ka ryika be gintara nyi a ece fo sunwun
A fly does not know a king	Diiini kpe tsu ye a
A ]ie does not make a persons throat swell	Gamana wuii esa a robo a
The head is never too heavy for its owner	Eti uetitso a
When a strong man has hold of a thing the weak man lets go	Kagboci lagwasuii nya bolanci la gwa kpe
The bird that says it will eat driver-ants will leave in a hurry	Elii na ga wun a gi zungbere na be yedin nyi wun a nakin o
You may build a wall to stop people looking you cannot build one to stop people hearing	A tu mi ka ye na a tu mi ka tukpa a
A sick man saw a corpse gcing by and he thanked God	Gunci le ekun ye egoga u ci jin yebo Soko

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