Ẹni tó gbódó mì, ìdúró kò sí, ìbere kò sí.

[For] he who swallows a mortar or pestle, there is no rest, neither standing nor stooping.

• Postproverbial: Ẹni tó gbódó mì, kò lè di ọjọ́ kejì.
  Translation: He who swallows a mortar or pestle, will not survive the second day.
  
• Postproverbial: Ẹni tó gbódó mì, kò ní jẹ́ ká r’íyán jẹ.
  Translation: He who swallows a mortar or pestle, causes us to lose the chance of eating pounded yam.
  
• Postproverbial: Ẹni tó gbódó mì, kò le è r’íìdí jókòó.
  Translation: [For] he who swallows a mortar or pestle, there is no respite of sitting.
  

Nigeria (Yoruba)

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person swallow mortar pestle restless