Jamaican Proverbs

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  • Created on: 05-07-17 10:03
Nuh tek ugly mek laff
Don't laugh at the misfortune of others "Mek I tell yuh sum'n, ef' yuh waan mek it inna life, den yuh nuh haffi tek ugly mek laff"
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Craven choke Puppy
Someone who wants everything but when it’s giving to them, they can't handle it
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Doan draw mi tongue
Do not provoke a quarrel
3 of 11
From mi yeye deh a mi knee
Since I was a little child
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Nuh every ting dat ave sugar sweet
Don't be deceived by appearances
5 of 11
Howdy and tenk yuh bruk no square
It does no harm to show good manners to people
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If yuh sleep wid dawg, yuh ketch im flea
If you mix with the wrong crowd, you learn their bad habits
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Stay pon cow back and cuss cow
To be ungrateful to those who have helped you
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Sorry fi mawga dawg, mawga dawg tun roun bite you
Sometimes it is the same ones we've helped who are the most ungrateful
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Wah sweet nanny goat ago run him belly
This suggests that the things that seem fine to you now can hurt you later.
10 of 11
Wanti wanti cyah get eh, getti getti nuh want eh
Count your blessings and do not take what you have for granted.
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Card 2

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Someone who wants everything but when it’s giving to them, they can't handle it

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Craven choke Puppy

Card 3

Front

Do not provoke a quarrel

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Card 4

Front

Since I was a little child

Back

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Card 5

Front

Don't be deceived by appearances

Back

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