A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
尼日利亚谚语
Nigerian Proverbs
Jealousy is as ash.
忌妒如灰。
Fire has no brother.
火没有兄弟。
Mud houses don't burn.
泥房子不会燃烧。
Rat no dey born rabbit.
老鼠不是天生的兔子。
Love is better than a whip.
爱胜过鞭子。
A rat is not born a rabbit.
老鼠不是天生的兔子。
An old man is there to talk.
一位老人在那里讲话。
Beauty is not sold and eaten.
美不是买来吃的。
A child's face is his mirror.
孩子的脸是他的镜子。
Evil knows where evil sleeps.
恶有恶报。
The body of joy is not so big.
快乐的身体并没有那么大。
Leopards lurk in dark corners.
豹子潜伏在黑暗的角落里。
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A crowd is like a smoldering log which can spark into a flame at any time.
人群就像一根闷燃的木头，随时都可能燃起熊熊的火焰。
An ant-hill that is destined to become a giant ant-hill will definitely become one, no matter how many times it is destroyed by elephants.
一个注定要成为巨大蚁丘的蚁丘，无论被大象破坏多少次，它一定会成为一个巨大的蚁丘。
We live by hope, but a reed never becomes an Iroko tree by dreaming.
我们靠希望活着，但一根芦苇永远不会因为梦想变成一棵爱子树。
By being grateful, a man makes himself deserving of yet another kindness.
通过感恩，一个人使自己配得上另一种恩惠。
One must have to wait till the evening of one's life time to know what gratitude to pay to one's guardian spirit.
一个人必须等到生命的最后一刻才知道该对守护他的灵魂表达怎样的感激之情。