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Jamaican proverbs
Beautiful woman, beautiful trouble.
When man have raw meat, him look fi fire.
Lawyer house build on fool head.
Those who kyaan dance blame it on de music.
When de burial day is at yuh door, yuh doan pick and choose yuh grave diggers.
Not every dreadlocks is a Rasta.
If yuh throw rockstone into pig sty, de one that bawl out is de one get hit.
De best ground have weeds.
Yuh kyaan prevent bird from fly over yuh head, but yuh kyan prevent him from making nest in yuh head.
Before yuh marry keep both eyes open; after marriage shut one.
De nearer de bone, de sweeter de meat.
If fool never go market, bad things wouldn't sell.
If yuh talk with hog, yuh kyaan expect anything but grunt.
God make man straight and rum make him fall down.
If yuh dig a hole, take care yuh doan fall in it.
Little crab hole spoil big race horse
De same knife stick goat stick sheep.
When water throw away, we kyaan pick it up
Dog say if him had him own money, him would buy him own fleas.
Catch a bull by him horn and a man by him words.
Dog have four foot, but him kyaan walk four different way.
If fish learnt to keep him mouth shut, fisherman wouldn't catch him.
Idle man head is devil workshop.
Not everything that come from above is a blessing.
Life has a stick to beat everyone of us with.
One time fool no fool, but two time fool is fool.
All heads are heads, but all luck isn't luck.
Save money, and money will save yuh.
Every day rain go to de river, but river never come to rain.
A lawyer look at yuh wid one eye, but him look at yuh pocket wid two.
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