As long as there are lice in the seams of the garment there must be bloodstains on the fingernails.
More Yoruban Proverbs:
Ashes always fly back in the face of him who throws them.Yoruban
Because friendship is pleasant, we partake of our friend's entertainment; not because we have not enough to eat in our own house.
Yoruban
The person who has been a slave from birth does not value rebellion.
Yoruban
You cannot shave a man's head in his absence.
Yoruban
You can't stop a pig from wallowing in the mud.
Yoruban
Gossips always suspect that others are talking about them.
Yoruban