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Checkout Nigeria Pidgin Proverbs & Their Meanings by drizzy4ril(m): 6:30pm On Jun 24, 2015
Here are some Nigeria Pidgin proverbs
and their meanings.
Check it out below
*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
wrap
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 pa$$ 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.
English translation: Don’t cry over
spilled milk.

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Re: Checkout Nigeria Pidgin Proverbs & Their Meanings by axiliborha(f): 6:47pm On Jun 24, 2015
Pidgin: Wetin old man dey see for ground young man Wey climb tree no fit see me...English: experience is a better teacher.

Pidgin: when breeze blow chicken yansh go show...
English: No truth cannot be hidden for too long

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