The big game often appears when the hunter has given up the hunt for the day.
More Igbo Proverbs:
A servant serves a king, he serves the king well; a servant serves two kings, he is true to one.Igbo
At whatever age a child gets a problem, at the same age she has to shoulder the responsibility.
Igbo
Do not argue with a fool, for people will not be able to tell between the two of you.
Igbo
A person who happens by a neighbor's house at dinner time, and is invited to join the meal, does not swallow such large morsels as to break the string of pearls around his neck.
Igbo
The lizard would like to stand erect, but his tail will not permit him.
Igbo
One first drives off the fox, before taking the chickens home and blaming them for straying.
Igbo