Proverbs
Proverb: Ẹni tó bá forí tì í títí dé òpin, ni à ó gbàlà.
Translation: He who endures (carrying with his head) till the end, shall be saved.
Language - Region: yoruba-nigeria
Translation: He who endures (carrying with his head) till the end, shall be saved.
Language - Region: yoruba-nigeria
Proverb: Ẹni tó fò sókè, ó bẹ́ ijó lórí.
Translation: He who jumps up, has opened the rhythm of dance.
Language - Region: yoruba-nigeria
Translation: He who jumps up, has opened the rhythm of dance.
Language - Region: yoruba-nigeria
Proverb: Ẹni tí yóò j'oyin inú àpáta, kìí w’enu àáké.
Translation: He who savours the honey in the rock will not mind what happens to the blade of his axe.
Language - Region: yoruba-nigeria
Translation: He who savours the honey in the rock will not mind what happens to the blade of his axe.
Language - Region: yoruba-nigeria
Proverb: Ẹni tí kò mọ ibi t’ẹ́gbẹ́ ẹ̀ ti là, yóò wulẹ̀ sáré kú.
Translation: He who does not know how his mate gets wealthy, will keep running until he dies.
Language - Region: yoruba-nigeria
Translation: He who does not know how his mate gets wealthy, will keep running until he dies.
Language - Region: yoruba-nigeria
Proverb: Ẹni tí ẹ̀gún bá gún l’ẹ́sẹ̀, níí ṣe lákáńlàká tọ alábẹ.
Translation: He who has thorns in his foot, will limp in need to the physician.
Language - Region: yoruba-nigeria
Translation: He who has thorns in his foot, will limp in need to the physician.
Language - Region: yoruba-nigeria
Proverb: Ẹni tí a bá torí ẹ̀ pa Adìyẹ , iwe ni ó ń’jẹ.
Translation: The person on whose behalf the hen is sacrificed, eats the gizzard.
Language - Region: yoruba-nigeria
Translation: The person on whose behalf the hen is sacrificed, eats the gizzard.
Language - Region: yoruba-nigeria
Proverb: Ẹnìkan kì í jẹ́ kí ilẹ̀ ó fẹ̀.
Translation: No one sups alone and have the earth open wide.
Language - Region: yoruba-nigeria
Translation: No one sups alone and have the earth open wide.
Language - Region: yoruba-nigeria
Proverb: Ẹnìkan kì í jẹ́ “Àwa dé”.
Translation: No single man can claim to the saying, “We have arrived”.
Language - Region: yoruba-nigeria
Translation: No single man can claim to the saying, “We have arrived”.
Language - Region: yoruba-nigeria
Proverb: Ẹni bá t’ajà èèpẹ̀, yí ò gbowó òkúta.
Translation: He who sells sand shall be paid with stones.
Language - Region: yoruba-nigeria
Translation: He who sells sand shall be paid with stones.
Language - Region: yoruba-nigeria
Proverb: Ẹlẹ́nu rírùn ló ni àmù ìyá a rẹ̀.
Translation: He-whose-mouth-stinks owns his mother’s drinking pot.
Language - Region: yoruba-nigeria
Translation: He-whose-mouth-stinks owns his mother’s drinking pot.
Language - Region: yoruba-nigeria