Nigerian Proverbs (440 Proverbs)
- Meat does not eat meat.
(Nigerian Proverb)
- You cannot roast corn with two eyes.
(Nigerian Proverb)
- Birth is the only remedy against death.
(Nigerian Proverb)
- Money kills more than do weapons.
(Nigerian Proverb)
- Earth is the queen of beds.
(Nigerian Proverb)
- Mud houses don't burn.
(Nigerian Proverb)
- Even in Mecca people make money.
(Nigerian Proverb)
- One goat cannot carry another goat's tail.
(Nigerian Proverb)
- Evil knows where evil sleeps.
(Nigerian Proverb)
- One pebble doesn't make a floor.
(Nigerian Proverb)
- Familiarity breeds contempt; distance breeds respect.
(Nigerian Proverb)
- Overabundance is not far from want.
(Nigerian Proverb)
- Fine words do not produce food.
(Nigerian Proverb)
- People in trouble remember Allah.
(Nigerian Proverb)
- Fire has no brother.
(Nigerian Proverb)
- Profit is profit even in Mecca.
(Nigerian Proverb)
- A friendly person is never a good-for-nothing.
(Nigerian Proverb)
- Fishing without a net is just bathing.
(Nigerian Proverb)
- Seeing is better than hearing.
(Nigerian Proverb)
- A rat is not born a rabbit.
(Nigerian Proverb)
- Goodness gets a seat.
(Nigerian Proverb)
- That which brings misfortune is not big.
(Nigerian Proverb)
- A smiling face dispels unhappiness.
(Nigerian Proverb)
- He who boasts much can do little.
(Nigerian Proverb)
- The crows, the idle person grumbles.
(Nigerian Proverb)
- A wealthy man will always have followers.
(Nigerian Proverb)
- He who marries a beauty marries trouble.
(Nigerian Proverb)
- The elephant's track treads out the camel's.
(Nigerian Proverb)
- Abundance will make cotton pull a stone.
(Nigerian Proverb)
- Hold a true friend with both hands.
(Nigerian Proverb)
- The king's ambassador is without sin.
(Nigerian Proverb)
- All is never said.
(Nigerian Proverb)
- Horns do not grow before the head.
(Nigerian Proverb)
- The pillar of the world is hope.
(Nigerian Proverb)
- An old man is there to talk.
(Nigerian Proverb)
- Hyenas are caught with stinking bait.
(Nigerian Proverb)
- The well gives, but the bucket refuses.
(Nigerian Proverb)
- Before firing, you must take aim.
(Nigerian Proverb)
- Lending is the firstborn of poverty.
(Nigerian Proverb)
- Voluntary work is better than slavery.
(Nigerian Proverb)
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