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If the hen stops clucking, what will she use to train her children?

Meaning: Don't abandon your talents, take care of them.

If the rat outruns the child, the child will say that the rat eats feces

Meaning: A loser tends to insult their opponent

Short hands keep the tortoise from catching the rabbit

Meaning: Not being strong enough prevents us from our goals

The grasshopper which was killed by the okpoko was deaf

Meaning: The okpoko is a hornbill, which is a noisy bird. Easily avoidable danger will overtake you if you are not prepared.

The toad does not run in the afternoon in vain

Meaning: Since toads are active at night, something important must be happening.

It is not with the same mouth used to borrow palm kernels that is used to repay them

Meaning: People are kind when they are in need, but act differently otherwise

It is through demonstration that one knows the wrestler

Meaning: Actions prove more than words can

Those who rush toward a fight do not know that fighting means death

Meaning: Doing things thoughtlessly brings destruction

When the grub falls from the tree to the earth and the chicken goes to peck it up; the grub then asks it, "Since when have we had any quarrel with each other?"

Meaning: Be wary of the hostile nature of people when you are weak

If one kills a goat, one finds out who owns him

Meaning: When something valuable is missing, people come searching

One who has no food cuts it from the basket.

Meaning: The basket here is a basket placed over fire to dry food for the future. This may mean that poverty will drive you to deprive your future self.

The old woman who provokes a fight and is not pushed to the ground, another day will provoke again

Meaning: When a bad thing is left uncorrected, we can expect it to happen again