All you can tell about a big belly is that the owner has had a lot to eat, not what he had to eat.
More Igbo Proverbs:
Swearing in the name of one god while at the shrine of another god.Igbo
If the kernels are not finished, the jaw will not rest.
Igbo
When a drunk meets a mad man, he learns the difference between being merely drunk and truly mad.
Igbo
Bump-thump-scratch. It's all on a big man's skin.
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 servant serves a king, he serves the king well; a servant serves two kings, he is true to one.
Igbo