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Jamaica
when ashes cold dog sleep de
Circumstances change.
proverb
Belize
When bone nu provide, dog nu de
One is not welcome where one is not invited
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Jamaica
When bull foot bruk, im nyam wid monkey
Misfortune or harsh time creates unlikely companionships
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Jamaica
When cloud shado come, sun nu set
One rough time does not mean all hope is lost
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Belize
When cockroach mek dance e no invite fowl
Don't invite trouble.
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Jamaica
When coco ripe it mus bus
All will be revealed when the time is right.
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Jamaica
when eskimo have money him buy fridge
People with too much money spend it on unnecessary things.
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Jamaica
When jackass smell corn him gallop
Use the appropriate encouragement for each person
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Jamaica
when man dead him nu fraid fi rotten
No need to fear things that cannot harm you.
proverb
Belize
When man no gat nutt'n fu do he go da sabana an tell cow maanin
People who have nothing to do, or are bored do stupid things to kill time
proverb
Belize
When pickny waa cry, yuh only look pan dem an dem cry
Some people love to complain, and will complain about every and anything
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Jamaica
When rat like ramp roun puss jaw, one day him gwine en up in puss craw
If you continually flirt with danger you will eventually get hurt.
proverb
Belize
Jamaica
When trouble ketch yu, pickny shut fit you
People squeeze themselves into tight situations in order to escape trouble.
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Barbados
When yuh en got horse, ride cow.
Use the resources available to you.
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Barbados
White mout fowl does eat and den wipe he mout in grass
Some people will never show gratitude.
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Jamaica
who beg nah get and who nu beg nu want
Nobody is getting any.
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Jamaica
willful waste bring woeful want
You will often find yourself needing the things you wasted
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Jamaica
Willin pickny belly full, unwillin pickny belly empty
Children who are helpful and willing are better rewarded
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Jamaica
Wise monkey know wha tree fi climb
Choose your goals or battles carefully
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Jamaica
Young bud nu know storm
The young and inexperienced don't understand true troubles or hardships.
proverb
Barbados
Yu can' plant yam and reap eddoe
Your reward or punishment is in line with your actions
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Jamaica
Yu cyaa ride cow an cuss cow kin
You shouldn't criticise those on whom you depend.
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Jamaica
Yu neva si pop gun kill alligator
Don't expect success if you set someone a task that is beyond their ability
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Jamaica
Yu nu know how parson get him gown.
Don't envy the success of others when you don't know what it cost.
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Jamaica
Yu shake man han, yu nu shake him heart
Appearances can be deceiving
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Jamaica
yu spread yu bed haad, yu affi liddung pan it hard
You have to live with the consequences of your actions
proverb
Belize
Yuh borrow money, i mek enemy
Debt always comes between friends and family
proverb
Barbados
Yuh caan stan in de road an sih de leak in somebody else house
Unless you're close to someone you don't know the true nature of their problems
proverb
Haiti
Zafè kabrit pa zafè mouton.
The goat's business is not the sheep's business. Focus on your own affairs instead of the affairs of others.
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