Proverb #647

“Ụkwa ruo oge ya ọdaa, mana onye ndidi na-eri azụ ukpo.”

Editorial

This is some complex speaking. Readers or keen perusing of our proverbs will have noticed that Ụkwa ruo oge ya ọdaa is already a proverb in its own right and exists here on the roll. See Proverb #13 . What Nogzi has done is to add on another allied idea which is a proverb in its own right too. Onye ndidi na-eri azụ ukpo: is the the proverb classical that expresses the English equivalent about patient dogs and bones i.e The patient dog eats the fat bone; Ngozi's one ? The patient fisher (or simply patient man) eats the well rounded large fish.

Contributed By Nwoko Nogzi.

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