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| | Please send us your favorite links. We'd love to see them and share them with others. Caribbean Sayings / Proverbs / Folk LawTek a look at the complexity of Caribbean speech, knowledge and way of life trough some of their more popular sayings or proverbs. JAMAICAN Need help with the translation, check a Jamaican or click here. Alligator lay egg but 'im no fowl. - No cuss alligator long mout' till yu krass riva.
- A fas' mek anansi deh a 'ouse-tap.
- Trubble de a bush, anansi bring i' come a yaad.
- If yu no mash ants, yu no se 'im guts. But tek time mash ants, yu fine 'im guts.
- Bud cawn fly 'pon wan wing.
- Young bud no know hard time.
- No draw chokie mek bud se yu.
- 'Nearly' nebber kill de bud yet.
- De oler de bull, de stiffer de horn.
- W'en bull begin fe dig grung yu beta look fe tree.
- Two bull cawn reign ina wan pen.
- Chicken merry, 'awk deh near.
- No kya how cockroach drunk, 'im nebber kraas fowl yaad.
- Cow know weak fence fe jump ovah.
- A no ev'ry green grass cow se 'im graze.
- Yu laka cow wha' gi' a pail of milk an' kick i' ovah.
- Yu nebber se kicking cow widoutn kicking calf.
- W'en dawg liv well 'im trubble cow, cow kick 'im.
- Dawg 'av' two yaad, 'im sleep widoutn suppa.
- Dawg nyam yu suppa.
- Fool-fool dawg bark at flying bud.
- Sorry fe mawga dawg, mawga dawg tun 'round bite yu.
- If yu lie wid dawg, yu wi' get up wid flea.
- If yu wan' fe know if mawga dawg 'av' teet, draw 'im tail.
- Befo' dawg go widoutn 'im suppa 'im nyam cockroach.
- Ev'ry day a fishing day, but a no ev'ry day yu ketch fish.
- Young bud no fe fly too fur.
- Has'e mek was'e.
- Ev'ry hoe 'av' 'im 'tick a bush.
- No cut af yu nose fe spite yu face.
- Wha' no cost life no cost nutt'n.
- Pot a cuss kettle seh 'im bottom black.
- Long pass draw swet, short pass draw blood.
- Rain a fall, but de dutty tough.
- Yu nebber se smoke widoutn fiah.
- No trubble trubble, till trubble trubble yu.
- Ole fiah 'tick eezy fe ketch.
- A no ev'ry gun-man was'e shot 'pon blackbud.
- W'en wan door shut, nudda wan open.
- Duppy know who fe frighten.
- Daylight show through li' key 'ole.
- Yu no se fowl batty till breeze-blow.
- Yu promise senseh-fowl anything, 'im a look fe i'.
- Black fowl no fe yu, yu call 'im Jankrow.
- Wha' sweet nanny-goat a go run 'im belly.
- Jigger kno' fe who fa foot 'im go ina.
- No matter how high jankrow fly, 'im 'av' fe come a grung fe nyam.
- Daylight show through li' key 'ole.
- Yu no se fowl batty till breeze-blow.
| - Trow 'tone a pen, any pig weh squeal loudest, a 'im get lik.
- Play wid puppy, puppy lik yu mout'.
- No buy puss ina bag.
- Puss an' dawg no 'av' de same luck.
- Puss a sleep, ratta tek charge.
- Yu cawn mek blood outa 'tone.
- If yu cawn tan blow no play wid 'tick.
- Yu 'av' fe creep befo' yu waak.
- Yu yeye bigger dan yu belly.
- Wan time fool no fool, but two-time fool a damn fool.
- 'Im 'av' goat mout'.
- If yu wan' good, yu nose 'av' fe run.
- Wan han wash de other.
- 'Im dress to puss back foot.
- If yu cawn ketch Harry, ketch 'im shut.
- 'Im can tek milk outa kaafi.
- Man ina trubble, bwoy shut fit 'im.
- Idle man head a debl wukshop.
- Show me yu company, me tell yu who yu are.
- Ax me no question, me tell yu no lie.
- A no ev'ry riva yu cross yu lan 'pon de same foot.
- If yu spit in de sky, i' wi' fall in yu yeye.
- Teday fe me, tomarra fe yu.
- Wan-Wan coco full basket.
- Big tree no cut dung wid wan blow.
- Sweet-wood blaze, but 'im no keep fiah.
- 'Im cawn mash ants.
- Empty bag cawn tan up.
- Laka batty 'pon bench.
- Dere is a ben' in ev'ry riva.
- New broom sweep clean; ole broom know 'im corner.
- Blood thicker dan water.
- Ev'ryday de bucket a go a well, wan day de bottom a go drap out.
- Who de cap fit, mek 'im wear i'.
- A no ev'ry chain yu hear a fe rolling calf.
- A no ev'ry day a Krismas.
- Head cook an' bottle-washer.
- Puss belly full, Rat batty 'tink.
- A no every tree hate monkey.
- Dog a sweat but long hair hide it.
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