
Today's Igbo Proverb
Proverb:
Ihe ọ sọrọ gị bee aguiyi ọdụ, ọdụ ya ga na-akpụ n'ala.
(No matter how short you may want to cut the tale of a crocodile, the remaining part will never leave the ground)
*Some persons are very difficult to be satisfied. No matter how you try to please them, they will never stop complaining).
*It is quite difficult to get out of a bad habit.
*It is a caution proverb for those who have wasted much resources trying to set up a prodigal sibling. At the end, to avail. Or what do you think?
From the Village Elder,
Okenye
Ebum pụta ụwa anaghị agwọta ya agwụọta.
Agwọ aghaghị ịmụ nwa toro ogologo.
Egbe aghaghị ịmụ nwa na ebu Ọkụkọ.
Nkịta ga amụkwa nwa na agbọ ụja ma nakwa ata arụ.
Ntị ọdị kwa?
Ya kpọtụba!
Ya gazie.
Ụmụ nne Abrahamụọgụ Aṇụsịobi Madụ.