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Post by Belmot on Jun 26, 2016 12:52:28 GMT
Ejò lọ́wọ́ nínú.
The snake's hands are in its belly.
[Kìí ṣojú lásán; ẹnìkan wà ńdìí ẹ̀. / More than meets the eye; someone's behind the issue.]
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Post by Belmot on Jun 26, 2016 12:53:31 GMT
Ohun tó ńṣe epo ò ṣe ọ̀rá.
What is of concerns to oil is not what bothers fat.
[To indicate that one has a more pressing priority]
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Post by Belmot on Jun 26, 2016 12:56:06 GMT
Sun rárà ẹsẹ̀.
Render an elegy with the feet.
[Kí èèyàn máa rìn kiri bí aláìnírònú. To walk aimlessly about.]
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Post by Belmot on Jun 26, 2016 12:57:10 GMT
Alá tí o lè ṣẹ.
A dream that cannot come to pass.
[An impossibility; a request that won't be granted or a situation that can't happen]
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Post by Belmot on Jun 26, 2016 12:58:16 GMT
Kí èèrà èyàn gbé ohun tó jùú lọ.
One's ant has carried what is beyond it's strength.
[Kí èèyàn dáwọ́lé ohun tó ju agbára rẹ̀ lọ / To undertake what is beyond one's capacity or strength]
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Post by Belmot on Jun 26, 2016 13:09:23 GMT
Gbé èyàn gun ẹṣin aáyán.
Get someone to mount on a cockroach as a horse.
[To bamboozle or fool someone]
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Post by Belmot on Jun 26, 2016 13:10:31 GMT
Kí a pa èyàn sílé, kí a má paá síta.
Kill someone at home not out in the open.
[Not to expose someone (secret/shame)]
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Post by Belmot on Jun 26, 2016 13:12:41 GMT
Kí èyàn la'nu gbàgà sọ̀rọ̀.
To open one's mouth wide suddenly to talk.
[To speak rather insensitively and tactlessly]
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Post by Belmot on Jun 26, 2016 13:13:37 GMT
Fi ọ̀rọ̀ sí orí ahọ́n sọ.
Place words on the tongue to speak.
[Being economical with the truth]
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Post by Belmot on Jun 26, 2016 13:14:46 GMT
Àgbà dà nínú ọmọ ajá?
Where is the eldest of all the puppies (of a dog)?
[Use of sarcasm to infer that none of the options is exceptional]
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Post by Belmot on Jun 26, 2016 13:15:33 GMT
Má làágùn jìnnà.
Don't sweat 'too far'.
[Don't bother (or stress) yourself explaining an issue]
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Post by Belmot on Jul 17, 2016 12:03:51 GMT
Má tẹ sùn; awọ erin ni!
Don't lie on it; it's the hide of an elephant!
[Don't dare it!; a warning to someone not to outdare himself]
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