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Post by Her Highness on Aug 25, 2016 16:35:25 GMT
It means our mood/location sometimes determine how we react to similar situations Don't get why gun powder should matter to a hen or partridge.
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Post by Belmot on Sept 2, 2016 21:46:22 GMT
Ẹni tí ò bá lè jìyà tó kún ahá, ò lè gbádùn ọrọ̀ tó kúnnú àmù
Whoever can't endure a cup-filled deprivation can't enjoy a pot-filled wealth.
[Dreams have costs; be willing to pay them.]
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Post by Belmot on Sept 2, 2016 21:47:20 GMT
Tí ẹyẹ ò bá fín ẹyẹ níràn, ojú ọrun tó ẹyẹ ẹ́ fò láì fara kanra.
If a bird won't seek the ill of another, the sky is wide enough for all to fly without colliding.
[Be positive; live and let live.]
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Post by Belmot on Sept 2, 2016 21:50:41 GMT
Adániwáyè ò gbàgbé ẹnìkan; àìmàsìkò ló ńdààmú ẹ̀dá.
God hasn't forgotten anyone; ignorance of divine timing is what makes us fret.
[Keep hope alive; don't give up.]
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Post by Belmot on Sept 2, 2016 21:51:41 GMT
Ẹni tó bá da omi síwájú á tẹ'lẹ tútù.
Whoever waters the ground ahead of him, will step on a wet ground.
[One good turn deserves another.]
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Post by Belmot on Sept 2, 2016 21:54:40 GMT
Ẹ̀rẹ̀kẹ́ lẹran dùn mọ; kò dénú
The sweetness of meat is felt only within the mouth; it doesn't get to the stomach.
[Some things are trivial]
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Post by Ogbeni Ogunnaike on Sept 2, 2016 22:31:48 GMT
Ẹ̀rẹ̀kẹ́ lẹran dùn mọ; kò dénú The sweetness of meat is felt only within the mouth; it doesn't get to the stomach. [Some things are trivial] Ereke no be cheek?
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Post by Belmot on Sept 2, 2016 22:37:31 GMT
Erin ibi kan, èlírí ni ní ibòmíràn
An elephant in one place is a tiny mouse in another.
[Different strokes for different folks; what is an issue to one person, pales to another.]
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Post by Belmot on Sept 2, 2016 22:38:09 GMT
Ẹ̀rẹ̀kẹ́ lẹran dùn mọ; kò dénú The sweetness of meat is felt only within the mouth; it doesn't get to the stomach. [Some things are trivial] Ereke no be cheek? yes
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Post by Belmot on Sept 2, 2016 22:40:42 GMT
Èyàn kì í mọ iyì ohun tó ní, à fi tó bá sọọ́ nù
We seldom appreciate what we have, until we lose the thing.
[Familiarity breeds contempt]
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Post by Belmot on Nov 11, 2016 10:05:08 GMT
Àkàbà tó gbé'ni s'ókè lè gbé'ni ṣán'lẹ̀.
A ladder that takes one up, may smash one to the ground.
[Any strength, not properly moderated may become a liability.]
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Post by Belmot on Dec 28, 2016 7:55:46 GMT
A kì í fi ọjọ́ kan bọ́ ọmọ tó rù.
A lean child cannot be fattened in just one day.
[Good things take time; be patient.]
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Post by Belmot on Dec 28, 2016 7:57:55 GMT
Ẹ̀kọ àsìkò sàn ju iyán ewú lọ.
A freshly made pap is better than a very old pounded yam.
[Be perceptive to choose wisely.]
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Post by Belmot on Dec 28, 2016 8:01:34 GMT
Eré tí ọ̀pọ̀lọ́ ńsá nínú omi gbígbóná, tó bá sáa lọ́dàn ni, kò ní wọ omi gbígbóná. Had the frog been as fleet-footed in the fields as it is in the hot water pot, it won't have entered the pot.
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Post by Belmot on Dec 28, 2016 8:03:13 GMT
Ibi tó tọ́ lèyàn ńtọ̀ sí.
One ought to urinate in a proper place.
[Things should be done in order]
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