A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
尼日利亚谚语
Nigerian Proverbs
The ox will die but its harness remains.
牛会死，但马具还在。
Hold on to a true friend with both hands.
用双手抓住一个真正的朋友。
Criticism is easy but it does not create.
批评是容易的，但它不会创造。
The whip hits at the legs, not the guilt.
鞭子打在腿上，而不是罪恶感。
The lion's power lies in our fear of him.
狮子的力量在于我们对它的恐惧。
More than one mother can make tasty soup.
不止一位母亲会做美味的汤。
A wealthy man will always have followers.
富人总会有追随者。
Languages differ but coughs are the same.
语言不同，但咳嗽是一样的。
A goat owned by two people sleeps outside.
两个人养的一只山羊睡在外面。
When the music changes, so does the dance.
音乐一变，舞蹈也跟着变。
What the child says, he has heard at home.
这孩子说的话，他在家里都听到了。
It takes a whole village to raise a child.
抚养一个孩子需要整个村子的人。
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沿着这个主题，再读几句。
A housewife who complains that there is not enough foodstuff in the market should remember that if her husband adds to what is already available, there would be more for everyone.
一个抱怨市场上没有足够的食物的家庭主妇应该记住，如果她的丈夫在现有的基础上再增加，每个人都会得到更多。
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。
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。
Not to know is bad; not to wish to know is worse.
不知道是不好的;不愿知道更糟。
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。
It is for saying that he has no time that the monkey's body became over-grown with long hairs.
这是说，他没有时间，猴子的身体变得过度生长与长头发。