A snake that swallows its neighbor will have a tail sticking out of its mouth.
More Igbo Proverbs:
Stream said that it is because it has nobody to direct it that... it goes in a zigzag way.Igbo
A guest mourner does not wail as though his heart is broken.
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The dog said that it is better to walk behind those who have had a lot to eat, because if something doesn't come out of them one way, it is bound to come out of them another way.
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He who spits towards the sky is spitting on his face.
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One who knows everything at times draws water with a basket.
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A man who shoots his arrows as he makes them does not realize when he has shot a whole sheaf.
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