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Post by Belmot on Jun 13, 2016 15:34:56 GMT
Kí la gbé; kí lẹ́ jù!
What did we carry; what did you throw (in return)! [This is disproportionately (or intolerably) excessive!]
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Post by Belmot on Jun 13, 2016 15:35:56 GMT
Gbogbo wa lorun máa kùn tó bá dalẹ́.
We will all feel sleepy when night falls. [We will all have the same experience, eventually]
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Post by Belmot on Jun 13, 2016 15:37:33 GMT
Kí gbòǹgbò igi ọ̀rọ̀ kan ṣẹ́ mọ́ èyàn lára.
The tree root of an issue breaks up upon one.
[To be deeply touched by an issue.]
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Post by Belmot on Jun 13, 2016 15:39:57 GMT
Kí ọ̀rọ̀ di gbọ́n'mi sí i, omi ò tó o. /Kí ọ̀rọ̀ di àríyànjiyàn. An issue becomes 'pour water into it yet the water remains insufficient'.
[An issue becomes a disagreement.]
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Post by Belmot on Jun 13, 2016 15:41:06 GMT
Kí ọ̀rọ̀ só síni lẹ́nu kó tún bu iyọ̀ sí i.
An issue farts into one's mouth and adds salt. [To be faced with a dilemma or a perplexing situation]
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Post by Belmot on Jun 13, 2016 15:42:58 GMT
Fi ǹkan kan kó èyàn lọ́bẹ̀ jẹ.
Lap up someone's soup with something.
[Use something to take advantage of someone]
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Post by Belmot on Jun 13, 2016 15:44:32 GMT
Kí èyàn ki ọwọ́ ọmọ ẹ̀ bọ aṣọ.
To dip the hands of one's child child into clothes
[Cease or desist from something]
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Post by Belmot on Jun 13, 2016 15:45:52 GMT
Tí nbá ní iná ńjó lórí omi, wàá ní ki ńkó eérú rẹ̀ wá.
If I claim fire is burning on the surface of water, ask me for the ashes. [Don't doubt my claim]
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Post by Belmot on Jun 13, 2016 15:47:21 GMT
Kọ́kọ́rọ́ kan ló ba eyín ajá jẹ́ One key messes up the dog's dentition. .
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Post by Belmot on Jun 13, 2016 15:48:31 GMT
Orin wo la máa kọ sí Gbẹ̀du?
What song are we going to sing to the Gbedu drum?
[What viable options do we now have?].
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Post by Belmot on Jun 13, 2016 15:49:58 GMT
Pa òkúta sí ọ̀rọ̀ èyàn.
To break/cast stones into one's discussion.
[To rudely interrupt someone.]
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Post by Belmot on Jun 13, 2016 15:51:22 GMT
Fi gbogbo ẹnu sọ̀rọ̀.
Speak with the entire mouth.
[To have to explicitly and rather tactlessly spell out all details in a discussion]
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Post by Belmot on Jun 13, 2016 15:52:55 GMT
Kò sẹ́ni tí ò mọgbọ́n ká fẹran sẹ́nu ká wáa tì. /Má tàn mí jẹ
There's no one who does not know the trick of how meat can be made to disappear in the mouth.
[Don't deceive me.]
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Post by Belmot on Jun 26, 2016 12:50:18 GMT
Ilẹ̀ ta sí i díẹ̀.
A bit of the ground has dropped into it.
[It has been a while (in time and season)]
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Post by Belmot on Jun 26, 2016 12:51:15 GMT
Òkú tí ẹ sin, ẹsẹ̀ rẹ̀ ti yọ síta.
The feet of the corpse you buried is sticking out.
["Your secret is out in the open."]
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