Friday, April 10, 2020
Jamaican Proverbs (213 Proverbs)
- Who ha' fingernail no ha' itch, and who ha' itch no ha' fingernail.
(Jamaican Proverb)
- You can't prevent a bird from flying over your head, but you can prevent him from making a nest in your head.
(Jamaican Proverb)
- You nebber see kicking' cow widout kickin'calf.
(Jamaican Proverb)
- You nebber see pop-gun kill alligator.
(Jamaican Proverb)
- When kitchen dresser tumble dung, maaga dog laugh.
(Jamaican Proverb)
- When rat like fi romp 'roun' puss jaw, one diay 'im gwine en up inna puss craw.
(Jamaican Proverb)
- When visitors come a wi fireside, wi mek wi pot smell nice.
(Jamaican Proverb)
- When water trow weh i' cyaa pick up.
(Jamaican Proverb)
- When yu go a fireside an' see food, eat half an' lef' half.
(Jamaican Proverb)
- When yu go a Jackass yard, yu noh fi chat 'bout big iyaz.
(Jamaican Proverb)
- Wherever there are bones, there are dogs.
(Jamaican Proverb)
- A pound a fret can't pay an ounce a debt.
(Jamaican Proverb)
- Ebery day a fishing-day, but no ebery day fe ketch fish.
(Jamaican Proverb)
- It' better fi lose yu timedan yu character.
(Jamaican Proverb)
- Peppa bu'n hot, but ih good fi curry.
(Jamaican Proverb)
- When crab walk too much, 'im lose 'im claw.
(Jamaican Proverb)
- Boastin' man brudder a de liar.
(Jamaican Proverb)
- Fill your basket one item at a time.
(Jamaican Proverb)
- Manners tek yu thru' di worl'.
(Jamaican Proverb)
- Some people clean a tap an' dutty underneath.
(Jamaican Proverb)
- Cyaa tan fur, t'row saal inna pat
(Jamaican Proverb)
- Howdy an 'tenk yu, noh brok noh square.
(Jamaican Proverb)
- No hang you clothes all pon one nail.
(Jamaican Proverb)
- We run t'ings, t'ings noh run we.
(Jamaican Proverb)
- Ackee lub fat, ocra lub salt
(Jamaican Proverb)
- Ebery day debil help tief, one day god help watchman.
(Jamaican Proverb)
- Learn fe dance at home before you go abroad.
(Jamaican Proverb)
- Plantain ripe, can't green again.
(Jamaican Proverb)
- When herring mauger him bone show.
(Jamaican Proverb)
- Bucket wid hole a battam have no business a riverside.
(Jamaican Proverb)
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