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43575 proverbs and old sayings

The lizard says that he knows the condition of his underbelly. ?The reason he has it pressed against the ground.

Proverbs and old sayings Igbo about reason

Whatever the type of firewood found in a place, it is usually good enough for the people of that place to cook with.

Proverbs and old sayings Igbo about kitchen, people, good, good luck

When a once-beautiful piece of cloth has turned into rags, no one remembers that it was woven by Ukwa master weavers.

Proverbs and old sayings Igbo

The skunk rat can get as fat and plump as he pleases. If his whole hind leg costs one anini, I still will not buy it.

Proverbs and old sayings Igbo about commerce

A guest should not cause his host's demise. When the guest is ready to leave, his host should not have given him a hunch-back.

Proverbs and old sayings Igbo

Let the kite hawk have a perch, and let the eagle also have a perch. Whichever begrudges the other the right to perch, may he break a wing.

Proverbs and old sayings Igbo about rightness

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.

Proverbs and old sayings Igbo about fight, stores, man

A person who arrives at a feast when the cooked meat is being pulled out of the pot does not know what was endured by others to catch and cook it.

Proverbs and old sayings Igbo about feast, kitchen, being, trap, people

Whether it was the tenant who seduced the landlord's wife, or the landlord who seduced the tenant's wife, it is the tenant who would leave the house.

Proverbs and old sayings Igbo about tenants, wife, home, house

A slave boy is blamed no matter what he does: If he does not wash his hands, he is accused of being dirty. If he washes his hands, he is accused of wasting water.

Proverbs and old sayings Igbo about being, water

A person who happens by a neighbor's house at dinner time, and is invited to join the meal, does not swallow such large morsels as to break the string of pearls around his neck.

Proverbs and old sayings Igbo about people, home, house, time

The dog said that it is better to walk behind those who have had a lot to eat, because if something doesn't come out of them one way, it is bound to come out of them another way.

Proverbs and old sayings Igbo

The little puppy said: If I fall down and roll over for you, and you fall down and roll over for me, then we are playing. However, if I fall down and roll over for you, but you do not fall down and roll over for me, then that's a fight.

Proverbs and old sayings Igbo about fall, fight, contentment

Honor a child and he will honor you.

Proverbs and old sayings Thai about children, contentment

Those who are choosy often pick the worst.

Proverbs and old sayings

A brave man dies but once, a coward many times.

Proverbs and old sayings about americans, man

Ask questions from your heart and you will be answered from the heart.

Proverbs and old sayings about heart, americans, contentment

May your life be like a wildflower, growing freely in the beauty and joy of each day.

Proverbs and old sayings about joy, beauty, life, day, americans

If not today -- when?

Proverbs and old sayings Amerindian

An arch never sleeps.

Proverbs and old sayings Amerindian