Proveb: Pikin weh say he mama no go sleep, he too no go sleep!
Meaning: any trouble weh you dey find, you go get am
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Proverb: The best way to chop elephant nah to cut am into small small pieces.
Meaning: The best way to solve a problem is to take it one at a time, bit by bit.
Meaning: The best way to solve a problem is to take it one at a time, bit by bit.
BETTER SOUP NA MONEY KILL AM
Meaning:life is luxurious..The good thing in life doesn’t come cheap
Meaning:life is luxurious..The good thing in life doesn’t come cheap
No matter how you vex reach, your vexnation no go fit generate NEPA.
Meaning:- your anger no go fit solve problem but e go just cause more harms.
Meaning:- your anger no go fit solve problem but e go just cause more harms.
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The way e be, e cun be like say proverb dey for every situation so 
, e make sense sha. I salute una.
Proverbs: Them no dey wash dirty pants for outside.
Meaning: you don't correct a bad habit publicly
Well, e go depend on the bad habit too because some of dem dey like public reset before dem go correct.Meaning: you don't correct a bad habit publicly
E bi like dis other proverb – Dem nor dey scratch hair wey lice dey gently. The reason be sey if you dey do am like dat the lice not go die, dem go dey multiply dey go. Scratch am hard and rough and e go kill dem.
, e make sense sha. I salute una.Proverb: Old kettle wey nor dey enter untop fire again, nor mean say e never burn person hand before.
Meaning: There is this popular notion that all elderly people can be trusted to an extent more than young people, the proverb teaches in the perspective of humans that we should be careful still because "not all the old people where good people when them young, and you have no idea about that".
Omo like this my pen wey I use write attendance for ya sopoz don dry ink but e no mean say I don forget una o.
Proverbs; Cat sabi swim, no make am catfish
Meaning: No matter where you find yourself, always remain humble
Malt and Milo dey the same color, but you no fit use am dip bread
Una fit help give more meanings to the proverb oh. I salute una
Walahi this your second provarb no follow at all, because the thing no ream and e no pass any message, I did try understand the proverb but I couldn't. Proverbs; Cat sabi swim, no make am catfish
Meaning: No matter where you find yourself, always remain humble
Malt and Milo dey the same color, but you no fit use am dip bread
Una fit help give more meanings to the proverb oh. I salute una
-But anyways it sounds nice which is what got my attention in the first place when I saw the notification of your post on my notifier.
Chai comrade, you don make me vex small sha, make I drop another... But them say if person fall nah to stand up and try again.
Proverb: elephant pikin no go fit be dwarf
Meaning: like father like son
Omo like this my pen wey I use write attendance for ya sopoz don dry ink but e no mean say I don forget una o.
Proverbs; Cat sabi swim, no make am catfish
Meaning: No matter where you find yourself, always remain humble
Malt and Milo dey the same color, but you no fit use am dip bread
Una fit help give more meanings to the proverb oh. I salute una
Walahi this your second provarb no follow at all, because the thing no ream and e no pass any message, I did try understand the proverb but I couldn't. Proverbs; Cat sabi swim, no make am catfish
Meaning: No matter where you find yourself, always remain humble
Malt and Milo dey the same color, but you no fit use am dip bread
Una fit help give more meanings to the proverb oh. I salute una
-But anyways it sounds nice which is what got my attention in the first place when I saw the notification of your post on my notifier.
Omo like this my pen wey I use write attendance for ya sopoz don dry ink but e no mean say I don forget una o.
Proverbs; Cat sabi swim, no make am catfish
Meaning: No matter where you find yourself, always remain humble
Malt and Milo dey the same color, but you no fit use am dip bread
Una fit help give more meanings to the proverbs oh. I salute una
Proverbs; Cat sabi swim, no make am catfish
Meaning: No matter where you find yourself, always remain humble
Malt and Milo dey the same color, but you no fit use am dip bread
Una fit help give more meanings to the proverbs oh. I salute una
Na so my brother MP.
This one be as them talk say " Soup wey go sweet na from wash hand water them dey carry see am".
Meaning: A good woman doesn't hide her good characters.
But I no know weda person don drop am here before.
This one be as them talk say " Soup wey go sweet na from wash hand water them dey carry see am".
Meaning: A good woman doesn't hide her good characters.
But I no know weda person don drop am here before.
Proverbs: Them no dey wash dirty pants for outside.
Meaning: you don't correct a bad habit publicly
Well, e go depend on the bad habit too because some of dem dey like public reset before dem go correct.Meaning: you don't correct a bad habit publicly
E bi like dis other proverb – Dem nor dey scratch hair wey lice dey gently. The reason be sey if you dey do am like dat the lice not go die, dem go dey multiply dey go. Scratch am hard and rough and e go kill dem.
Proverbs: Them no dey wash dirty pants for outside.
Meaning: you don't correct a bad habit publicly
Meaning: you don't correct a bad habit publicly
Rruchi man, you get betta point there. Na so e dey be, especially for dis owa generation bribery and corruption com worse pass sef.
Dem nor dey give cat fish hold
Meaning: Don't entrust anything that may be tempting to steal to a dishonest person. They will definitely steal it.
Just as you nor suppose give monkey banana to hold for you.Meaning: Don't entrust anything that may be tempting to steal to a dishonest person. They will definitely steal it.
Proverb: Case wey dey take time for king to judge, know say big man dey involved.
Meaning: Money can easily influence people who you never believed will be influenced.
Many meaning can be drawn for that proverb, which other meaning can you pick out?
Na the yansh wey wife get she go give her husband
Meaning: Don’t expect too much from people. They can’t do beyond their power.
Meaning: Don’t expect too much from people. They can’t do beyond their power.
Elder wey seat for chair dey see wetin youth wey climb tree no fit see.
Meaning: Listen to the words and counsel of your elders to learn from their experience.
Meaning: Listen to the words and counsel of your elders to learn from their experience.
A pregnant woman can never hear the cry of her baby while in the womb unless it's time for the baby to go into the world and experience changes
Meaning: You cannot be in your father's house and expect changes or expect a whitescholar job without you going out to search for it.
Una happy Sunday and happy new month, let see how we go this month of March.
Meaning: You cannot be in your father's house and expect changes or expect a whitescholar job without you going out to search for it.
Una happy Sunday and happy new month, let see how we go this month of March.
No matter the suger you put for papa, papa no fit be ice cream.
I believe sey na pap you wan write there, ba?
I go like talk this one
No matter the suger you put for papa, papa no fit be ice cream.
meaning no matter your village or place you can never change were you are come form
No matter the suger you put for papa, papa no fit be ice cream.
meaning no matter your village or place you can never change were you are come form
Dem nor dey give cat fish hold
Meaning: Don't entrust anything that may be tempting to steal to a dishonest person. They will definitely steal it.
Meaning: Don't entrust anything that may be tempting to steal to a dishonest person. They will definitely steal it.
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