“Arọ̀lẹ̀kẹ̀ ò rọ bàtà; gbẹ́dó-gbẹ́dó ò rọ ojúgun.”
English
The bead maker cannot fashion a shoe; the mortar carver cannot manufacture a shinbone.
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