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Wednesday 12 July 2017

Some Yoruba Idioms and its English meaning

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Below is a few Yoruba Idioms and its English meaning


1. Fori jale agbon: In trouble
2. Je Ori ahun: Stingy
3. Siso loju eegun: Say the truth
4. Akara tu si epo: The secret has been leaked
5. Tun ifun oro: Make unnecessary enquiry
 6. Eja n bakan?: Is it positive or negative
7. Je iyan nisu: Be punished
8. Ejo lowo ninu: Someone is behind it
9. Gbe ounje ale fun ologbo: Give something you will need in future to someone else
10. Fi owo mewa jeun: Spend without saving
11. Je egun moyan: Do something like a taboo
12. Doko dele danimo: Reached the end of overdo
13. Je agborin esi lobe: Bring up an outdated trend/issue
14. Je eran deegun: Become poor after wealth
15. Fi eje dud sinu tu funfun sita: deceitful
16. Sin ni gbere ipako: Inform someone
17. Fi iru fona: Find trouble for oneself
18. Dunro: in pain
19. Ijimere gun igi aladi: Does something digraceful
20. Erin wo: An icon/great man just died
21. Ge iganna: Perform foolishly
22. Tafa sinu ikudu: Invest in an unprofitable business
23. Je ije awonye: Be covetous
24. Na papa bora: Run away/afar
25. Fi eu ko: To abuse a superior person
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