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Rh 74 Kworria ta bi kworria, en ta bi akoshi sai ta mutu.

75 Mutum ba shi shigga mahauta shi ji'n tsoro'n jinni.

76 Mutum da bunu a gatto ba shi gudumowa gobarra.
 * A man with grass on his gatto does not help (to put out) a conflagration.

77 Waja'n suka'n doki ba waja'n suka'n jirigi ba.
 * A horse at full speed is a very different thing to a boat at full speed, i.e., you cannot compare the two.

78 Mi ya gamma kifi da kaska?
 * What will bring a fish and a tick together
 * Meaning as in 77.

79 Aboki'n gammi'n maddi, gāri'n tamba.
 * Maddi, a paste made from the fruit of the dynnia tree and very black.
 * Tamba, a herb used for seasoning. It is cultivated, and when made into a paste is also very black.
 * The two mixed together make a drink.
 * Where you find the one you find the other.
 * Birds of a feather flock together.

80 Mugu ya san makwanta'n mugu.
 * Evil knows the sleeping place of evil.