A man with a missing tooth does not eat ugiri with relish.
More Igbo Proverbs:
A person who chases a chicken is due a fall. The chicken is a master of the dodged escaped.Igbo
Let the kite hawk have a perch, and let the eagle also have a perch. Whichever begrudges the other the right to perch, may he break a wing.
Igbo
A man who shoots his arrows as he makes them does not realize when he has shot a whole sheaf.
Igbo
A woman who needs to borrow a calabash cannot count on going early to the stream.
Igbo
A snake that swallows its neighbor will have a tail sticking out of its mouth.
Igbo
The big game often appears when the hunter has given up the hunt for the day.
Igbo