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A lia is fugetful

A dishonest person can't remember to keep his story straight.

Bad ting neva got owner

No one wants to take responsibility for a mistake or bad situation

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

Breeze blow pelikin same place him waa go

Some people will change direction or opinion to suit the moment

Changie black dog fuh monkey

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

Cockroach nu go da fowl dance

Don't go where you don't belong.

Dawg whe eat egg neva stop

Bad habits are hard to break

Ebery pat gat a kibber

There's someone for everyone.

Every day da nu Sundeh

You can't rest every day, sometimes you have to work

Falla fashion monkey caahn buy good soup

Some people try to keep up with the fashions of others even if they have to deprive themselves of basic necessities.

Fool fool daag bark afta moonlight

Fools worry about everything

Fus food da nu fool

Don't blame the first one deceived.

Good soup neva meet good fufu

Good things rarely happen at the same time

Han napkin tun tablecloth

Someone who has advanced in life and now looks down on others

Hog ask he mumma "whe mek yu mout so long?". He mumma say "nu worry chile, you soon fine out"

Experience teaches wisdom

If yu nu check di watah, nu tek off yu shoe

Look before you leap

John Crow tink he pickny white

Parents think their children are saints, different from other children

Kine word neva bruk jawbone

You'll never get beat up for saying something nice or polite

Lessa fowl, lessa shit

Fewer people, fewer problems.

Man hate yu, he gi yu basket fi carry wata

People who dislike you will give you difficult or impossible tasks

Neva drap di bone fi ketch di shadow

Don't lose what you have because of greed for more.

No stop a donkey whe yu no own

Mind your own business.

One plate a dinner nu fatten maaga dog

One piece of good luck doesn't do much to change a bad state of affairs

Plantain nu eat like rice

Make do with what is available to you

Play wid puppy he lick yu mout

Familiarity breeds contempt

Sake a mout fish get ketch

Talking too much gets one in trouble

Same knife kill sheep kill goat

The thing you do to others can be done to you.

Wen da tree ben yu cyaa straighten it

Train children properly before it's too late