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NEW eBook now available The Idioms That Shaped Us Krio wisdom • Culture • Memory 🇸🇱 🧡🔥❤️‍🔥#sliskwad

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What’s inside 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙄𝙙𝙞𝙤𝙢𝙨 𝙏𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙎𝙝𝙖𝙥𝙚𝙙 𝙐𝙨:

• Krio idioms preserved in our original language
• Clear English translations
• A book created for us

𝗘𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗮𝘃𝗮𝗶𝗹𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗻𝗼𝘄. Link 🔗 in bio.

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Una mit wi padi Bɛnji .

Bɛnji mek di buk, bɔt wich idyɔm i fichɔ pan? 😁

ɴᴀ ᴛʀɔʙᴜʟ ᴍᴇᴋ...

Bɛnji, this idiom and many more are explored more fully in our eBook: The Idioms That Shaped Us.

Available via 🔗 link in bio.

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Today, Salone Idioms turns six.

This book is for those who grew up hearing these words, and for those who want to carry them forward.

Available now on https://t.co/ESqK9tmrsI with a 10% introductory discount.

Link in bio.

— èsjé

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Six years ago, Salone Idioms' started as a simple space for remembering our language – pairing our cherished idioms with striking visuals.

To mark the occasion, I have a gift for you. Something I've been working on quietly is finally ready.

#SLISkwad una dɔn rɛdi? 🧡🔥❤️‍🔥

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LITERAL: It is the Krio spoon that is good to serve the Krio soup with.
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REAL: When someone is able to fully empathise with another person, they can clearly feel and understand each other.
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📸: @esjelife
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LITERAL: A woman who doesn’t have a man, that’s a ‘hoe’.
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REAL: Allegedly, there is nothing hoe-like about a woman who has a man. So many spinsters would beg to differ. Thoughts? 🥴
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LITERAL: A parrot 🦜 can talk forever, it will still be a bird.⠀
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REAL: Be yourself. You can only lead with authenticity.⠀
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LITERAL/REAL: You’re an ogugu (masquerade devil), you just disappear.
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📸: Cambridge University Press
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LITERAL: One bad apple spoils the whole bunch.⠀
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REAL: One person’s problematic behaviour can influence a whole group of others and they can also become problematic.⠀⠀
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LITERAL: A belly, it’s in-front it will go.⠀
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REAL: Everything will reveal itself in the end. The truth will eventually come to light.⠀
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📸: Pinterest
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LITERAL: Cassava today could be gari tomorrow.
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REAL: No condition is permanent. Something you overlook currently could be transformed soon.
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LITERAL: A goat that you have to carry, don’t sit down until it lays down in mud.
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REAL: Basically keep your own patch clean or ‘don’t mix business with pleasure’.
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📸: World Vision
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LITERAL: Satan has no lawyer.
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REAL: Used when bad things happen because people blame Satan, but generally don’t defend the devil. ⠀
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📸: Wall Street Journal⠀⠀
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LITERAL: Sticks that are in a bundle are harder to break.⠀
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REAL: There’s strength in numbers.
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📸: Helping Children Worldwide / Pinterest
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LITERAL: A little leopard (cub) is also a leopard 🐆.
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REAL: Do not underestimate anyone, especially those of a smaller stature than you. They could very powerful.
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LITERAL: Church finishes, service closed.
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REAL: Like saying 'That's all', 'I'm done', 'Period' or 'The End'.
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LITERAL: Monkey see, monkey do 🐒.
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REAL: To blindly imitate something without having a full understanding or interest of why/how it works.
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LITERAL: I am chasing the navel.
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REAL: To pull your trousers well above the navel when tucking it in.
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SMƆL TƆK: Nɔ to idyɔm, jɔs sɔmtin fɔni we wi kin se.
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LITERAL/REAL: False life isn’t good.
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SMƆL TƆK: Duya if una nɔ mitɔp dis #NYE, una nɔ go brok bank fɔ kɔmɔt o. Chɔch na fri. Fɔ sidɔm na os sɛf na fri. Una bi sef duya. Wi go si 2026. ✨
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