“À-gbàbọ̀-ọ ṣòkòtò, bí kò fúnni lẹ́sẹ̀ a ṣoni; rẹ́múrẹ́mú ni ohun ẹni ḿbani mu.”
English
Borrowed trousers: if they are not too tight around the legs, they will be too loose; one's own things fit one exactly.
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