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When cloud shado come, sun nu set
One rough time does not mean all hope is lost
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If you bawn fi heng, yu cyaa drown
Your destiny will be fulfilled
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If yu cyaa walk faas, tek time run
Master the basics before you attempt more difficult activities
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If yu cyaa walk faas, tek time run
Master the basics before you attempt more difficult activities
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If yu see everybody a run tek time
Don't be too eager to follow others
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Wen da tree ben yu cyaa straighten it
Train children properly before it's too late
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Wen yu gwine knock anansi memba di wall
When you try to hurt another be sure you aren't hurting yourself.
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When trouble ketch yu, pickny shut fit you
People squeeze themselves into tight situations in order to escape trouble.
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When trouble ketch yu, pickny shut fit you
People in rough circumstances take whatever help they can get.
Yu cyaa ride cow an cuss cow kin
You shouldn't criticise those on whom you depend.
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A nu same day leaf drop it rotten
One bit of misfortune does not mean total destruction
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One plate a dinner nu fatten maaga dog
One piece of good luck doesn't do much to change a bad state of affairs
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Victory nu come fram lie dung inna bead
Success requires hard work
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when man dead him nu fraid fi rotten
No need to fear things that cannot harm you.
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di more yu stir shit di more it stink
The more you dig in a bad situation the worse it becomes
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If yu cuss Johncrow peel head turky wi bex
People resent when you criticise others that are similar to them
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If yu cyaa get turkey, satisfy wid John Crow.
Make the best of a bad situation, and be content with what you have.
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All mout nu set fi tell di same lie.
If everyone says the same thing, there may be truth behind it.
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hungry hungry an full full nu travel same pass
The rich and the poor live different lives and go different ways
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Poun o fretment nu pay fo gill o debtment
Worrying does not improve a bad situation.
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yu cyaa siddung pan cow back and cuss cow kin
You shouldn't criticise those on whom you depend.
Bucket wid hole a battam nu have no business a riverside
Don't criticise others when you have faults of your own.
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Peel neck fowl bawl fi life, im nu bawl fi fedda
Outward beauty isn't the most important thing
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Nu matta how boar hog hide unda sheep wool, him grunt betray him
People's true colours will always come to the surface
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clean clean
Anything done to perfection.
bore
To poke, stick or stab
chook
To poke, stick or stab
jam
To poke, stick or stab
jook
To poke, stick or stab
bow
To end a domino game by playing out multiple dominos on a turn before the last turn. This is done when the player has calculated that a win is guaranteed and unpreventable
fudge
An ice cream bar on a stick
food
chippy
A fudge stick (popsicle stick) used to play money football. It is often customised by carving or smoothing with sandpaper.
ben johnson day
The day before payday.
Same knife kill sheep kill goat
The thing you do to others can be done to you.
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fore day morning
Early morning hours, before sunrise.
tight
The feeling experienced before drunkenness.
icicle
Any frozen, non milk-based, drink bar on a stick
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counting egg in fowl bottom
Don't count your chickens before they hatch
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mawnin
Good morning. The greeting appropriate before noon.
Parson christ'n him pickny fus
People look out for themselves before others
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