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Jamaica
Sick nu care, doctor worst
If you don't care about your own problems, don't expect anyone else to care
proverb
Jamaica
sleep nu ha no massa
Sooner or later you have to sleep
proverb
Jamaica
Trouble nu set like rain
Problems often arrive without warning
proverb
Jamaica
Young bud nu know storm
The young and inexperienced don't understand true troubles or hardships.
proverb
Belize
If yu nu check di watah, nu tek off yu shoe
Look before you leap
proverb
Belize
Wen man dead grass grow da i door mout
The dead are soon forgotten.
proverb
Jamaica
duck nu lay egg before fowl
You can achieve success regardless of your origin or background.
proverb
Jamaica
Jackass seh di worl nu level
Life isn't fair.
proverb
Jamaica
nu mek one donkey choke yu
Don't be misled by a fool
proverb
Jamaica
stranger nu know di deep wata
Be careful with things you don't fully understand
proverb
Jamaica
Alligator lay egg, but him nu fowl
Things are not always as they seem.
proverb
Jamaica
dog nu howl if him ha bone
Contented people don't protest things that don't concern them.
proverb
Jamaica
Nu jus one way fi heng dog
There is more than one way to accomplish a goal
proverb
Jamaica
'Tank yu' nu buy half bit bread
Payment is more useful than expressions of gratitude
proverb
Jamaica
When cloud shado come, sun nu set
One rough time does not mean all hope is lost
proverb
Jamaica
A nu same day leaf drop it rotten
One bit of misfortune does not mean total destruction
proverb
Jamaica
Howdy an tenk yu nu bruk no square
It never costs anything to be polite.
proverb
Belize
One plate a dinner nu fatten maaga dog
One piece of good luck doesn't do much to change a bad state of affairs
proverb
Jamaica
Rockstone a riva bottom nu know sun hot
Sheltered persons don't know true hardship or troubles.
proverb
Jamaica
Victory nu come fram lie dung inna bead
Success requires hard work
proverb
Jamaica
when man dead him nu fraid fi rotten
No need to fear things that cannot harm you.
proverb
Jamaica
Yu nu know how parson get him gown.
Don't envy the success of others when you don't know what it cost.
proverb
Jamaica
All mout nu set fi tell di same lie.
If everyone says the same thing, there may be truth behind it.
proverb
Jamaica
Fowl whe feed a yard nu hard fi ketch
It is easy to catch up to someone who is avoiding or running away from you when that person depends on you for something essential.
proverb
Jamaica
hungry hungry an full full nu travel same pass
The rich and the poor live different lives and go different ways
proverb
Jamaica
Nu dash whe stick before yu done cross riva
Don't be too quick to discard or reject things because you may need them in the future
proverb
Antigua & Barbuda
Poun o fretment nu pay fo gill o debtment
Worrying does not improve a bad situation.
proverb
Jamaica
Yu shake man han, yu nu shake him heart
Appearances can be deceiving
proverb
Jamaica
Yu shake man han, yu nu shake him heart
It's impossible to tell what a person is thinking or feeling.
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
Jamaica
Nu cuss alligator long mout til yu cross di riva
Don't provoke people while they are in a position to retaliate.
proverb
Jamaica
nu wait til drum beat before yu grine yu axe
Always be prepared
proverb
Jamaica
Bucket wid hole a battam nu have no business a riverside
Don't criticise others when you have faults of your own.
proverb
Trinidad & Tobago
Chile whe de on mudda back nu know how road long
The young and inexperienced don't understand true troubles or hardships.
proverb
Jamaica
Peel neck fowl bawl fi life, im nu bawl fi fedda
Outward beauty isn't the most important thing
proverb
Jamaica
If yu nu go unda fowl coob, fowl cyaa shit pan yu
People abuse you or take advantage of you unless you put yourself in a position for them to do so.
proverb
Jamaica
Nu matta how boar hog hide unda sheep wool, him grunt betray him
People's true colours will always come to the surface
proverb
Haiti
Kay koule twompe soley soley men li pa twompe lapil.
A leaky house can fool the sun, but it can't fool the rain.
proverb
Jamaica
card
To trick or fool
Belize
lone
A conditional; To be soley something. Ex. "Dat da lone rass".