If
after reading this blog, you ain’t laughing your ass off, know this, it’s not
that the post is not funny, your problem is bigger than you can imagine, so you
don’t need comedy, you need deliverance.
Nigerian Pidgin Proverbs That Will Surely Make Your day:
1.
Man wey Unclad no dey put
hand for pocket
Loose translation: You can't do some things if there are no certain conditions.
++++++++++++++++++++++
2.
Chicken wey run way from Borno
go Ibadan go still end up inside pot of
soup
Loose translation: You Can't Run Away
From Your
Destiny
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3.
Today’s newspaper na
tomorrow Suya wrap
Loose translation: Keep calm! Nothing
last forever
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4.
Cow wey dey in a hurry to
go America go come back as corned beef
Loose translation: Just be patient.
Let the game
come to you. Don't rush!
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5.
Akara and moin-moin get
the same parent na wetin dem pass
tru make dem different
Loose translation: How you start
doesn't
matter, what matters is how you finish.
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6.
Wetin concern agbero with
twitter handle, or malu/cow with face cap?
Loose translation: Mind your
business.
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7.
If life dey show you
pepper, my guy make pepper soup from
am
Loose translation: Make something
good out of a
bad experience
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8.
I get am before No be
property
Loose translation: Stop living in the
past and start
living in the present.
++++++++++++++++++++++
9.
If person too tey for
party e go follow dem wash plate
Loose translation: Don't outstay your
welcome
++++++++++++++++++++++
10.
Rolling stone, of course
na person push am now!
Loose translation: There is always a
reason for
something
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11.
Craze no hard to form, na
the trekking be wahala
Loose translation: Easier said than
done
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12.
No matter how hot your
temper be, e no fit boil beans.
Loose translation: Calm down, your
temper won't
solve the problem
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13.
Every Mallam with em own
kettle, every Northerner with em own
radio.
Loose translation: Every man for
himself
+++++++++++++++++++++++++
14.
You no need cutlery to
chop slap
Loose translation: You don't need my
translation to
understand this, lol
+++++++++++++++++++++++++
15.
Opolo eye no be open eye
Loose translation: Having Big eyes
doesn't make
you civilised, lol
++++++++++++++++++++++++++
16.
Leave matter for Mathias
and Sabi for Sabinus.
Loose translation: Give everyone what
they deserve.
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++
17.
Bring suya, bring suya…na
cow body dey suffer am.
Loose translation: Every action has a
consequence
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++
18.
E go better e go better, na
im make ibo man still dey Kano
Loose translation: When there is
hope, there is Life.
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
19.
The different between
kpekere and plantain chips na
packaging
Loose translation: Don't judge based
on appearance
alone
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
20.
Escort me, Escort me, naim
slave trade take start.
Loose translation: Serious things
sometimes start like joke
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
21.
Na from play play dem dey
form PLAYER
Loose translation: Serious things
sometimes start like joke
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
22.
Pikin wen use agbada take
start guy go talk wetin e go wear wen
e old.
Loose translation: Slow and steady
wins the race
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
23.
The water wey dem use take
make eba can never be recovered back.
Loose translation: Don't cry over
spilt milk
Sure as hell, you’re laughing your ass off right now.
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