Hyenas are caught with stinking bait.
More Nigerian Proverbs:
Overabundance is not far from want.Nigerian
The whip hits at the legs, not the guilt.
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The hunter does not rub himself in oil and lie by the fire to sleep.
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If you fail to take away a strong man's sword when he is on the ground, will you do it when he gets up?
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If the stomachache were in the foot, one would go lame.
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He who lives in the attic knows where the roof leaks.
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