When a very short man causes the market to break up in a big fight, bystanders ask him to stand up so that they can see how short he really is.
More Igbo Proverbs:
When the leopard has a broken paw, the antellope comes to collect an old debt.Igbo
If you wish to eat a mushroom, you cannot consider what the mushroom fed on.
Igbo
A pot trader whose fortunes are all invested in her clay pots isn't much of a merchant.
Igbo
An udara fruit that falls by the roadside must want to be picked up and eaten.
Igbo
If you decide to eat a toad, you should at least select one that is big.
Igbo
The little puppy said: "If I fall down and roll over for you, and you fall down and roll over for me, then we are playing. However, if I fall down and roll over for you, but you do not fall down and roll over for me, then that's a fight."
Igbo