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Igbo Idiom of the week Week: 30
Igbo: "Mgbe mmadu na akwa mmadu, ka ona akwa onwe ya!"
English (Literally): "As you participate in a funeral ceremony of someone dead, you are indirectly preparing for your own funeral!" Week: 29
Igbo: "Iwe nwanne, anaghi eru n'okpukpu!"
English (Literally): "Anger against a brother is felt in the flesh, not in the bone!" Week: 28
Igbo: "Nwanyi umu iri, macha ihe nile mere nabali!"
English (Literally): "A woman with ten children, knows almost everything that happens during the night!" Week: 27
Igbo: " E lelia nwa ite, ya agbanyuo oku.!"
English (Literally): "If you neglect a small pot, it boils over and extinguishes the fire!" Week: 26
Igbo: "Egbuo dike n'ogu uno, oruo n'ogu
agu elote ya!"
English: "If a warrior is killed during skirmishes at home, he will be remembered during war with outsiders!" Week: 25
Igbo: "Onye gbuniru asu enu, n'agbu onwe ya asu n'iru!"
English: "He who spits towards the sky is spitting on his own face!" Week: 24
Igbo: "O yiri anaghi eyi agu!"
English: "Nothing is a replica of a tiger" Week: 23
Igbo: "Agwo n'agba, o naghi aghara ogwudugwu ya"
English: "When a snake is running away, it does take care of its whole lenght" Week: 22
Igbo: "Nwayo nwayo, ka eji aracha ofe di
oku."
English: "Hot and, or peppery soup is taken very slowly." Week: 21
Igbo: "Ewu mmadu abuo nwere na-ehi ura na ezi."
English: "A goat owned by two people tends to sleep outside." |
