Han' go, paki come.
meaning: When you reach
out a hand good things
come back to you.

Walk better dan sidong.
meaning: To walk is better
than to sit down.
Used when someone
goes somewhere
and recieves something
he or she needs
or can use, that he or she
might not have recieved,
staying home.

Haad iyaz pick'ni bu'n
a sun hot.
meaning: Children (or anyone)
who don't hear, (don't take
good advice)(hard ears)
will encounter great hardship
in life.

A noh siame diay leaf drop
a river bottom it rotten.
meaning: Time is the master.
One will wait a long time
to catch up with someone
who offends him or her.

Chicken deh merry,
Hawk deh near.
meaning: Where there is
too much merriment and
excitement, danger lurks near.

Di daakes' part a di night,
a when diay soon light.
meaning: When thing and
times are the hardest,
brighter times are near.

Empty bag cyaa stan' up.
meaning: A hungry man
cannot work.

Howdy an' tenk yu,
noh brok noh square.
meaning: To say howdy
and thank you is not
a bad thing; it is good.

Manners tek yu thru'
di worl'.
meaning: Good manners
take you thru' the world.

Manners mek di man.
meaning: Manners make
the man.

Noh cup noh brok,
noh coffee noh trow weh.
meaning: If you survive
unharmed, everything is fine.

Wha' noh poison, fatten.
meaning: If an experience
doesn't distroys you, you
can benifit greatly from it.

Hog say, di fus water
'im cetch 'im walla.
meaning: Make use of the
first opportunity.

Bucket wid hole a battam
have no business a rivaside.
meaning: Mind your
own business. If you have faults
of your own, you shouldn't criticize
others.

Rockstone a riva battam
noh kno' sun hot.
meaning: If you are in a
sheltered situation,
you don't know what
hardship is.

Peppa bu'n hot,
but ih good fi curry.
meaning: Everything
has its usefulness. A good
advice/counsel might be painful
to take/accept.

It' better fi lose yu time
dan yu character.
meaning: Keep your principles.

Yu mek yu sail too big
fi yu boat,yu sail wi capsize yu.
meaning: Don't be someone
you're not. Don't get a big head.

A noh every mango
got maggige.
meaning: Every one are not
the same. Every one are not bad.

Man noh dead,
noh call 'im duppy.
meaning: As long as someone
is alive, don't dismiss
their potentials.

Alligator lay egg,
but 'im noh fowl.
meaning: Things are not
always what they seem.
Not because people does
simular thing, they shouldn't
be judged soly on there
simularities.

Alligator shouldn' call hog
long mout.
meaning: One shouldn't belittle
someone who's like them in
some ways.

Feel like Gumbeh drum
widout a goat-skin.
meaning: To feel out of place.
Unable to function as one should
or would like to.

When water trow weh i'
cyaa pick up.
meaning: You can't turn back
the hands of time. What is done,
is done.

When visitors come a
wi fireside, wi mek wi pot smell nice.
meaning: When you have guests,
you treat them the best you can.

Lickle bit a ram goat have beard
an' big dull noh have nun.
meaning: Little people/things
can have grand attributes that
big people/things don't.

Yu shake man han',
yu noh shake 'im heart.
meaning: What you see on
the outside, doesn't mean
it's the same on the inside.

Too much callaloo,
mek peppa-pot stew bitter.
meaning: Too much of a good
thing, can spoil everything.

Noh care how boar hog try
fi hide under sheep wool,
'im grunt always betray 'im.
meaning: Don't care how much
disguise someone puts on,
their true self will surface.

When rat like fi romp
'roun' puss jaw, one diay
'im gwine en up inna puss craw.
meaning: When one flirts
too much with danger,
soon he or she will get hurt.

When crab walk too much,
'im lose 'im claw.
meaning: Overuse will eventually
cause breakage. One who is aimless
and wondering becomes worthless
and ineffective.

When kitchen dresser tumble
dung, maaga dog laugh.
meaning: The deprived will laugh
at the misfortune of the fortunate.

When yu go a Jackass yard,
yu noh fi chat 'bout big iyaz.
meaning: Don't criticize others
in their presence.

Pudden cyaa bake widout fiah.
meaning: You need the right tools
for the job.

Pretty rose got macca jook.
meaning: There is a bad side
to seemingly good situation.

Man noh done cross riva,
noh fi cuss alligator long mout long.
meaning: Don't coss those who
can block your path.

Monkey mus' know
weh 'im gwine put 'im tail,
before 'im order trousiz.
meaning: One must know
one's self before doing what
others are doing.

When Jackass smell corn,
'im gallop.
meaning: People respond to
the right encouragement.

We run t'ings, t'ings noh run we.
meanings: Control your own destiny.

Tideh fi mi, tomorrow fi yu.
meaning: Time and place
for every thing.

Every dog got dem diay,
Every puss dem 4 O' clock.
meaning: Every one have their time,
to shine.

Rat belly full,
potato have skin.
meaning: When your are not in need,
you are choosey.

When Jackass back strong,
dem overload 'im hamper.
meaning: The best worker always get
the hardest task.

One, one cwoco full baaskit.
meaning: Every little bit adds up.
Easy does it; a little at a time.

Sarry fi maaga dog,
maaga dog tu'n 'roun' bit yu.
meaning: Some times you help
someone in an unfortunate
stiuation and they act ungrateful,
even hurt you.

If you want half a bread,
beg smaddy buy it,
but if yu want a wan,
buy it yuself.
meaning: If you want it done right,
do it yourself.

Cos-cos noh bore hole
a mi skin.
meaning: Words cannot hurt me.

Crab'n choke puppy.
meaning: Don't be greedy,
it will hurt you.

If yu cyaa tek di heat,
get out a di kitchen.
meaning: If you cannot take the
pressure, get out of the situation.

When yu go a fireside
an' see food, eat half
an' lef' half.
meaning: Don't speak all
that you know. (speak half
and leave half).

Want all, loose all.
meaning: If one is greedy,
one loses everything.

Want i' want i',
cyaa get i'
an' get i' get i',
no want i'.
meaning: Those who are in need,
can't get it and those who have it
don't want it.

T'ief no love fi si
t'ief carry long bag.
meaning: Thief don't like to see
other thieves seem
like they're florishing.

Every mickle
mek a mockle.
meaning: Every little adds up.

Bad luck wos dan Obeah.
meaning: Bad luck is worst
than witchcraft.

Noh put yu cap
whé yu caang reach it.
meaning: Don't live above
your means.

Dem give yu basket fi
carry water.
meaning: Someone give yu a raw deal.

If yu de shit, an' si certain
people/person a come;
sidong inna it.
meaning: You have to do your atmost
best to conceal any thing you're
doing that you don't want everyone to
know about, from people/person(s) with
loose tongue(s) (people/person[s]
talk too much).

Doppy knwo who fi frighten.
meaning: Powerless person(s) knows
who to intimidate.

Puss an' Dog
noh have di same luck!
meaning: What will work for some
folks, don't for some.

Neva si, come si.
meaning: Someone who
is not use to having nice things
and makes too much of a
public show and exitement
about it.

Cyaa tan fur,
t'row saal inna pat
(Cannot stay far
throw salt into a pot).
meaning: Cannot stay far,
and tell one sensitive
information.

Scaanful daag
eat dohti pudd'n.
trans Scornful dog,
eats dirty pudding

Wishful waste
bring woeful wants.
meaning: As it says,
if you waste things knowingly
and without care,
you will pay for such action
in painful needs in the future.

Ask paas
yu cyaanh laas paas.
meaning: Ask The Way
and you WILL find your way.

Patient man ride Dankey .
meaning: Patience is a key indredient
for success in a difficult undertaking.

Red yaye. (eye)
meaning: Envious.

Puss inna bag.
meaning: Concealed entity.

Puss brok cwoconat inna yu yaye?
meaning: Contemptuous bold look
in the eyes.

Dry yaye. (eye)
meaning: Contemptuous bold look
in the eyes.

Shit in, shit out.
meaning: If you take in; learn; ingest
negativity, that's what you expound.

Carry go bring come.
meaning: To carry mischievous tales
from person to person.

Crabn, gi mi fi mi.
meaning: The idea, that if one is crave/greedy for some thing,
that's a way to achieve it.

Time langa dan rope.
meaning: You can hold me back,
oppress me, abuse me,
do negative stuff to me, despise me,
even enslave me, hurt me, etc. but you can't do them/it to me forever because time and my will/determination is on my side .... time is the master, you can't out last time.

Sick no cyah (care), doctor worst.
meaning: If you have a problem and don't care someone who can help wont care even more.

Wha' eye no si, heart no leap.
meaning: You are unaware of the danger of what you don't know.

Di ol'a di moon, di brighter ih shine.
meaning: Older folks are wiser.

Good frien' betta dan pockit money.
meaning: A good friend is better than money in your pocket.

Long run, shaat kech .
meaning: If you keep running away from some thing or someone for a long time, sooner it/him/her will catch up with you.

Cha Cha Bwoy.
meaning: A male who is dressy, empty, a whole lot of sweet talk that means nothing, without real substance - just aim to impress and deceive in order to get by, win friends and look good - liked, but is a laughing stock because he is so transparent, simple and usable, stands for nothing. He walks with a bop.