Èṣúrú ṣ’àṣejù, ó tẹ́ l’ọ́wọ́ oníyán; ọ̀dùnkún dùn ládùnjù, ó kọ ilé àna kò lọ.

Water-yam overreaches its own sweetness, it loses the favour and use of the yam pounder; the potato’s utter sweetness barred it from the familial home of its in-law.

• Postproverbial: Èṣú (rú) ṣ’àṣejù, Ọlọ́run lúgọ dè é.
  Translation: Satan disrupts and overreaches himself, God waits in ambush for him.
  

Nigeria (Yoruba)

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yam water-yam pounded yam favour