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Don’t you work when you are hungry?

Proverb in the local language
Nya ðé dó xove bö ayihón be le gön gleta : kan yí do kanjí we a ðè.
Proverb's direct translation
A man gets to sleep hungry and doesn’t go to the farm the next day: do you rise in rank?
Proverb's meaning
There is no point in making bad matters worse.
Equivalent proverb
From the frying pan to the fire.
From: Fon of Benin

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