If the kernels are not finished, the jaw will not rest.
More Igbo Proverbs:
When the music stops, a deaf person continues to dance.Igbo
An udara fruit that falls on the side of the road is asking to be eaten.
Igbo
A snake that swallows his friend will have a tail sticking out of his mouth.
Igbo
Whether it was the tenant who seduced the landlord's wife, or the landlord who seduced the tenant's wife, it is the tenant who would leave the house.
Igbo
If a baby crawls up to me and pinches me, I will get on my knees and pinch him back.
Igbo
A person who arrives at a feast when the cooked meat is being pulled out of the pot does not know what was endured by others to catch and cook it.
Igbo