Àjàjà ṣoge àparò, abàyà kelú.
Character, appearance and the judgement of others
Original
Àjàjà ṣoge àparò, abàyà kelú.
Glose littérale
- Àjàjà uncharacteristically ṣoge dressed-up àparò partridge, abàyà kelú with-chest thrust-out.
Anglais idiomatique
"The uncharacteristically spruced-up partridge swells its chest."
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Ce que cela signifie
Newly acquired finery produces exaggerated display.
Employé quand
Owomoyela: "The nouveau riche always goes to extremes in consumption"
Notes sur la traduction
Abàyà kelú is an epithet of the form used in oríkì praise poetry, so the proverb mimics praise while delivering mockery. That double register, praise-form carrying ridicule, is a standard Yorùbá device and is completely lost in translation.