““Ng óò gba owó-ò mi lára ṣòkòtò yìí”; ìdí làgbàlagbà ńṣí sílẹ̀.”
English
“I will get my money's worth out of these trousers”; the grown man only winds up exposing his bare buttocks to the world.
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