Ẹni a fẹ́ kì í ṣìwà hù.
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Original
Ẹni a fẹ́ kì í ṣìwà hù.
Glosa literal
- Ẹni a fẹ́ one whom we love kì í ṣìwà hù does-not grow wrong-character.
Inglês idiomático
"A beloved person can do nothing wrong."
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O que significa
Affection suspends judgement of character.
Usado quando
Owomoyela: "To be loved is to be infallible" Said sarcastically, of favouritism.
Notas sobre a tradução
Ṣìwà, from ṣì (to err) plus ìwà, is a single word for having bad character, and it takes the same verb hù as good character does. The proverb is descriptive, not approving: it reports a bias rather than endorsing it, and its normal use is to point out that a bias is operating.