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Betta belly buss dan good food waste

It is better to overeat than to waste great food.

Better fish in di sea dan wha get ketch

There's always a better lover than your current one.

big blanket mek man sleep late

Luxury and comfort make people lazy, complacent, and take things for granted

Big tree fall down, goat bite he leaf

When the mighty fall on hard times, they are disrespected by all.

Bit bit mek poun

Small amounts will eventually add up

Black bud say fi im pickny fus

Attend to your own affairs before the affairs of others.

Blood can't wash out wit blood

Two wrongs don't make a right.

Blood falla vein

Family comes first

Blood ticka dan water, but water taste better

Dealing with friends or strangers is often better than dealing with family

bowl go, packy come

One good turn deserves another

Breeze blow pelikin same place him waa go

Some people will change direction or opinion to suit the moment

Bucket go well every day, one day di bottom ago drop out

If you repeatedly take the same risks, eventually it will end in disaster

Bucket wid hole a battam nu have no business a riverside

Don't criticise others when you have faults of your own.

Bud fly too faas, pass him nes

Excessive ambition puts one in danger of missing their goals

Byen prè pa lakay.

Very close is not home yet. A miss by an inch is the same as a miss by a mile.

Cat a ketch rat, but he a teef he massa fish.

Good and evil often come from the same source.

catspradle

To be struck and land awkwardly

Cause parrot mek noise, dem say a him one nyam banana

The loudest and most obvious always gets blamed.

Chak jou pa dimanch

Every day is not Sunday. You can't rest all the time, sometimes you have to work.

Changie black dog fuh monkey

To make an exchange for something equally bad or worse than the original

Chicken merry, hawk de near.

Danger lurks wherever there is too much merriment and excitement.

Chile whe de on mudda back nu know how road long

The young and inexperienced don't understand true troubles or hardships.

Clear conscience sleep a tunda

Those with a clear conscience can sleep well through the stormiest nights

Cock mout kill cock

Choose your words with care lest you draw unpleasant or unwanted attention to yourself.

Cockroach neva right before chicken

One will never be judged fairly by one's enemies.

Cockroach nu go da fowl dance

Don't go where you don't belong.

Common sense make before book sense.

Not all useful knowledge comes from books or formal learning.

counting egg in fowl bottom

Don't count your chickens before they hatch

cowad man kip soun bone

It is better to be considered a coward that to take foolish risks.

Crab say im nu trus nu shadow afta dark

Don't make assumptions in uncertain situations.