When the teeth fall off, the nose is sure to collapse.
More Nigerian Proverbs:
An oil lamp feels proud to give light even though it wears itself away.Nigerian
If the bull would throw you, lie down.
Nigerian
The only insurance against fire is to have two houses.
Nigerian
It is the toothless animal that arrives first at the base of the fruit tree, to eat his fill before others arrive.
Nigerian
It is one person in a street that kills a dog and the street is named a street of dog killers.
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Children of the same mother do not always agree.
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