NIGERIA PIDGIN PROVERBS
*Craze no hard to form, na the trekking be
wahala.
English translation: Easier said than done.
*No matter how hot your temper be, e no fit
boil
beans. English translation: Calm down, your
temper
won’t solve the problem
*Chicken wey run from Borno go Ibadan go
still
end
up inside pot of soup. English translation:
You
can’t
run away from your destiny
*Today’s newspaper na tomorrow Suya
wrapper.
English translation: Keep calm! Nothing lasts
forever
*Cow wey dey in a hurry to go America go
come
back
as corn beef. English translation: Just be
patient.
Let
the game come to you. Don’t rush!
*Akara and moin moin get the same parent,
na
wetin
dem pass through make dem different.
English
translation: How you start doesn’t matter,
what
matters is how you finish.
*Leave matter for Mathias and Sabi for
Sabinus.
English translation: Give everyone what they
deserve.
*The difference between kpekere and
plantain chips
na packaging. English translation: Don’t
judge
based
on appearance alone
*Escort me, Escort me, na im slave trade
take
start.
English translation: Serious things sometimes
start
like a joke
*The water wey dem use take make eba can
never
be
recovered back. English translation don’t
cry
over
spilled milk.
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