Olè lọmọ olè ńfìwà jọ.
Where character shows
Original
Olè lọmọ olè ńfìwà jọ.
Glose littérale
- Olè a-thief lọmọ olè is-whom the-child-of-a-thief ńfìwà jọ resembles in-character.
Anglais idiomatique
"A thief's child takes after him."
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Ce que cela signifie
Character runs in a household.
Employé quand
Owomoyela: "One takes after one's parents"
Notes sur la traduction
Fìwà jọ, to resemble in character, is a fixed idiom distinct from jọ, to resemble in appearance. Yorùbá marks the difference lexically where English needs a phrase. Set against entry 24 it forms a pair on inheritance of character, and neither proverb allows the child much room.