If the first goat goes lame, those that follow will not reach the pasture.
More Bajan Proverbs:
There is no rain which does not enrich someone.Bajan
If crab don't walk 'bout crab don't eat.
Bajan
One can lose four and eight.
Bajan
It is always the potato of another family's boy that extinguishes the fire.
Bajan
The food eaten first lasts longest in the stomach.
Bajan
The sky is heavy with rain, but does not come.
Bajan