1. When a man is stung by a bee, he does not destroy
all beehives (Kenya)
2. The man who marries a beautiful woman, and the
farmer who grows corn by the roadside have the same problem (Ethiopia)
3. A short man is not a boy (Nigeria)
4. No matter how hot your temper is, it cannot cook yam (Nigeria)
5. It requires a lot of carefulness to kill the fly that perches on the scrotum (Ghana)
6. If the throat can grant passage to a knife, the anus should wonder how to expel it (Seychelles)
7. The frown on the face of the goat will not stop it from
being taken to the market (Nigeria)
8. An old lady feels uneasy when dry bones are mentioned in a proverb (Ghana)
9. The same sun that melts the wax, hardens the clay (Niger)
10. If you don't know where you are going, any road will take you there (Uganda)
11. There is no virgin in a maternity ward (Cameroon)
12. A child can play with its mother's breasts, but not its father's testicles (Guinea)
13. He who goes to sleep with an itching anus wakes up with smelly fingers (Nigeria)
Which one is your Favourite and how can you translate it?
*Hmm that number 11 cannot be correct oh..or is it not on this Blog a BV who is a Virgin got pregnant without gbenshing and had her baby and remained a virgin up until now?
My fave is number 5..........We must think carefully before offering solutions to a dead end situation.
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ReplyDeleteNo. 5 and 8. I'm sure I've seen those in books by Chinua Achebe.
ReplyDeleteEither the countries are mixed up or the proverbs are common to more than one country.
I agree with you. These proverbs are very common in Naija. Maybe they should call it African proverbs.
DeleteHymen fit dey intact but that no mean say the persin na virgin.
DeleteNumber 9.
ReplyDeleteWhat didn't work for you might work for another.
Number 2 makes sense joor. A farmer who grow corn by the road side and the man that marries a beautiful woman.
ReplyDeleteWhen you grow corn by the road side people will help you eat the corn and the owner may not even have access to the corn. Same thing with the man that marries beautiful woman... Men no dey take eye see fine woman ooooo, they will go after her the husband may loose her to another man.
This proverb make sense.
Mine is N0 9, It means that what is good for Mr A, will not be good for Mr B. So people should stop follow - follow. @Giveaway Princess
ReplyDeleteNo 3..all fingers are not equal,don't look at the face if the food taste it
ReplyDeletethe one that got me is the one where a man that marries a beautiful wife is like a farmer that plants corn by the road side. LMAO
ReplyDeleteToto water no big but e reach prick take baff
ReplyDeletehahahaha, kai u make the laff like mumu
DeleteNumber 2 got me, that proverb is so true.
ReplyDeleteNo 1. If a man disappoints you or breaks your heart, you should not go around calling all men scum. As you killed the bee that stung you that is how you should deal with the man that hurts you. Don't transfer your aggression on everybody because of what an individual did to you. You might end up hurting yourself really bad.
ReplyDeleteSELAH
2 and 12
ReplyDelete12, a child can play with his mothers breast, but not his father testicles. Women has been getting the short end of the stick since 1900. Lol.
ReplyDeletewhether blunt or sharp the arsehole cuts shit (igala proverb)
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