The lizard would like to stand erect, but his tail will not permit him.
More Igbo Proverbs:
You may be clever but you can never lose your shadow.Igbo
A person who chases a chicken is due a fall. The chicken is a master of the dodged escaped.
Igbo
A man who believes that he can do everything, let him dig a grave and bury himself.
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
Dancing the drum will be done where the drum is.
Igbo
The piglet has the same type of snout as her mother.
Igbo