13 Nigerian Proverbs about Look
All Nigerian Proverbs | Proverbs about Look1. When the next house is on fire, 'tis high time to look to your own.
2. A pig that is used to wallowing in the mud looks for a clean person to rub against.
3. Don't look for speed in a cheap horse; be content if it neighs.
4. One cry of "Thief!" and the whole marketplace is on the lookout.
5. Some birds avoid the water, ducks look for it.
6. When the hyena drinks, the dog can only look on.
7. A farmer does not conclude by the mere look of it that a corn is unripe; he tears it open for examination.
8. A herbalist that refuses to ask laymen what leaves he looks for in the bush, must have difficulties getting what he wants.
9. He who does not look ahead always remains behind.
10. A lizard that fell from the top of a tree wastes its time looking back to where it fell from; if there was anything good the lizard deserved, it could not have missed it while it was there on top of the tree.
11. Before you ask a man for clothes, look at the clothes that he is wearing.
12. You do not look for a black sheep at night.
13. Look for a black goat while it is still daytime.
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