Èèyàn-án dára ó ku ìwà; ilé dára ó ku ìgbé.
Character against beauty, wealth and destiny
Ìpilẹ̀
Èèyàn-án dára ó ku ìwà; ilé dára ó ku ìgbé.
Ìtumọ̀ ọ̀rọ̀-sí-ọ̀rọ̀
- Èèyàn-án dára a-person is-attractive ó ku ìwà there-remains character; ilé dára a-house is-fine ó ku ìgbé there-remains the-living-in-it.
Ìtumọ̀ Gẹ̀ẹ́sì
"A person may be attractive, but character still matters; a home may be gorgeous, but what matters is its livability."
Orísun náà kò dárúkọ ẹni tí ó túmọ̀ rẹ̀.
Ohun tí ó túmọ̀ sí
Appearance is incomplete without the quality that makes the thing usable.
Ìgbà tí a ń lò ó
Owomoyela: "Looks are not everything" Commonly said about a marriage prospect.
Àkíyèsí lórí ìtumọ̀
The construction ó ku X, "X remains," means the thing is not yet settled, the way an account is not yet paid. It is a courteous way of saying that the attractive person has not yet been assessed on the point that counts.