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Jamaican Proverbs

  • When trouble ketch yu pickney shut fit yu

    Any port in a storm

  • What a fi yu, cyaan be un fi yu

    What is yours will always be yours

  • Di higher monkey climb, di more him expose himself

    The higher your status, the more your vulnerabilities are exposed

  • When puss belly full im seh rat batty bitter

    People forget where they come from

  • If fish deh a river bottom an tell yu seh alligator have gum boil, believe him!

    Listen to the voice of experience

  • Cockroach nuh business inna fowl fight

    Don't meddle in things that don't concern you

  • Young bud nuh know storm

    Experience teaches wisdom

  • One one coco full basket

    Every little bit adds up

  • Wha sweet nanny goat a go run him belly

    You can have too much of a good thing

  • Play wid puppy, puppy lick yu mout

    Familiarity breeds contempt

  • Who born fi heng cyaan drown

    You can't control destiny

  • Man nuh dead nuh call dem duppy

    Never underestimate people

  • Every dawg have him day an every puss him 4 o'clock

    Every dog has his day

  • Dawg a sweat an long hair hide it

    All that glitters is not gold

  • Rock stone a river bottom cyaan know sun hot

    He who feels it knows it

  • Every hoe ha dem tick a bush

    There's that perfect someone for everyone

  • Puss and dawg nuh have di same luck

    Some people are luckier than others

  • Chicken merry, hawk deh near

    Danger is often looming when you're having fun

  • Duppy know who fi frighten

    People know who they can intimidate

  • Ole fire stick easy fi ketch

    It's easy to rekindle an old romance

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