Proverbs and old sayings Nigerian, page 3

163 proverbs and old sayings nigerian

A fowl does not forget where it lays it eggs.

Proverbs and old sayings Nigerian

A glorious past is the work of a glorious man.

Proverbs and old sayings Nigerian about past, work, man

A friendly person is never a good-for-nothing.

Proverbs and old sayings Nigerian about people, nothing, good, good luck

A tiger does not have to proclaim its tigri-tude.

Proverbs and old sayings Nigerian

A speedy wrestling and a bad fall go hand in hand.

Proverbs and old sayings Nigerian about fall, bad luck, bad

A laughing jackal portends a witch in the rafters.

Proverbs and old sayings Nigerian

A fight between grasshoppers is a joy to the crow.

Proverbs and old sayings Nigerian about joy, fight

A diviner cannot accurately divine his own future.

Proverbs and old sayings Nigerian about future

A man who walks alone carries a load of palm-fronds.

Proverbs and old sayings Nigerian about man

Not to oversee workmen, is to leave your purse open.

Proverbs and old sayings Nigerian

A man can not sit down alone to plan for prosperity.

Proverbs and old sayings Nigerian about prosperity, man

A traveler to distant places should make no enemies.

Proverbs and old sayings Nigerian about enemies

A man that begets a barren cannot have a grand child.

Proverbs and old sayings Nigerian about children, man

A masquerade is not a spirit only because of its mask.

Proverbs and old sayings Nigerian about spirit

The house sweeper's buttock is never at one direction.

Proverbs and old sayings Nigerian about home, house

A bush fowls' playground is never appreciably spacious.

Proverbs and old sayings Nigerian

When the mice laugh at the cat, there is a hole nearby.

Proverbs and old sayings Nigerian

It is the fear of offence that makes men swallow poison.

Proverbs and old sayings Nigerian about fear, man

If a monkey is amongst dogs, why won't it start barking.

Proverbs and old sayings Nigerian

No sane person sharpens his machete to cut a banana tree.

Proverbs and old sayings Nigerian about people