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    BBC News Africa‏Verified account @BBCAfrica Feb 27

    Today’s African #proverb: The leaf-eating insect lives inside the plant. A Yoruba proverb sent by Mchael Oise Oruamen in Lagos, Nigeria What do you think this proverb means? Please use the form at the end of this page to send us your African proverb:http://bbc.in/2FrDjPB 

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      2. kjc_san_jose‏ @kjc_san_jose Feb 27
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        I am guessing that the proverb suggests that a wise person would protect that from which life is sustained.

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      3. Neville Olabode‏ @nevilbot Feb 27
        Replying to @kjc_san_jose @BBCAfrica

        Nope. It means your enemies are people close to you. The meaning is lost in the translation from Yoruba to English . A literal translation is : the insects that eat the vegetable live on the vegetable

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      4. kjc_san_jose‏ @kjc_san_jose Feb 27
        Replying to @nevilbot @BBCAfrica

        Ok. I get that! Thanks for the correction.

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      1. one crazy guy‏ @Craz_carps Feb 27
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        What is destroying a thing in within the thing..... For example.. Having a traitor within an organization

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      1. OdinAimhie™ 🇳🇬‏ @OdinAimhie Feb 27
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Enemy is within... It is the thief in the house that shows his colleagues outside ways into the house (same meaning).

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      2. Kayzone ♨‏ @kayzone2260 Feb 27
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Kokoro toh n je efo, ara efó lówa

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      3. Tafadzwa H.Kapula‏ @t_kapula Feb 27
        Replying to @kayzone2260 @BBCAfrica

        In Shona-Zimbabwe we have"kakara kununa hudya kamwe".a healthy insect is a result of feeding on other insects.

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      1. Tafadzwa H.Kapula‏ @t_kapula Feb 27
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Most enemies are from within.relatives,friends.collogues

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      1. Aaron Brown هارون‏ @brownaaron1987 Feb 27
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        As it is written, God likes those whom inwardly think of our Creator, perhaps, as the insect, the beauty or the way comes from inside out. Much as, if government (ie. #USA) is corrupt, well, the entire society is doomed to crumble.

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      1. Blahoun William‏ @bwillisco98 Feb 28
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        The real cause of ur problems comes from the closest person to you.

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      1. S O T‏ @_S_O_T_ Feb 28
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        Kokoro ton je ewe ara ewe lo wa

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      1. #DeleAluko‏ @ElderAluko Feb 28
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Those behind your down fall or evil against you are your close associates, friends or relations. Beware!

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      1. Triki‏ @trikilimper Feb 28
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Literal translation in my language, when an animal will bite u, it will be from your cloth.

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      1. jairo‏ @obewaa Feb 27
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        It be your own bugs..

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      1. Kondjeni  🇳🇦‏ @hki_nam Feb 27
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        tashili ekunde oshili mekunde

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      2. Miss B‏ @Racheal15Banda Feb 27
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Interpretation please

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      3. MR C A‏ @CleafRodrig Feb 27
        Replying to @Racheal15Banda @BBCAfrica

        Meaning that who kills u Is with u

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