451 Nigerian Proverbs / Page 43
- 421. When the elderly ones in a house travel, the younger ones quickly grow in experience.
 - 422. When the hyena drinks, the dog can only look on.
- 423. When the laborer is praised, his cutlass begins to cut more keenly.
- 424. When the mice laugh at the cat, there is a hole nearby.
- 425. When the mouse laughs at the cat, there is a hole nearby.
- 426. When the music changes, so does the dance.
- 427. When the next house is on fire, 'tis high time to look to your own.
- 428. When the right hand washes the left hand and the left hand washes the right hand, both hands become clean.
- 429. When the roots of a tree begin to decay, it spreads death to the branches.
- 430. When the teeth fall off, the nose is sure to collapse.
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