NIGERIA PIDGIN PROVERBS WITH ENGLISH INTERPRETATION

*Craze no hard to form,na the trekking be wahala.

English translation: Easier said than done.

*No matter how hot your temper be,e no fit boil

beans. English translation: Calm down, your

temper won’t solve the problem

*Chicken wey run from Borno go Ibadan go still

end up inside pot of soup.

English translation: You can’t run away from your

destiny

*Today’s newspaper na tomorrow Suya wrap

English translation: Keep calm! Nothing lasts

forever

*Cow wey dey in a hurry to go America go come

back as corn beef

English translation: Just be patient. Let the game

come to you. Don’t rush!

*Akara and moin moin get the same parent,na

wetin dem pass through make dem different

English translation: How you start doesn’t matter,

what matters is how you finish.

*Leave matter for Mathias and Sabi for Sabinus

English translation: Give everyone what they

deserve.

*The difference between kpekere and plantain chips

na packaging

English translation: Don’t judge based on

appearance alone

*Escort me, Escort me, na im slave trade take start

English translation: Serious things sometimes start

like a joke

*The water wey dem use take make eba can never

be recovered.

English translation: Don’t cry over spilled milk.

*E don tey wey yansh dey backbr /> English translation; thers nothing new under the

sun.

* Woman wey dey find pikin no dey wear pant

sleep.

English translation: if uu need sometin, go for it.....lozzzz