Bud fly too fast, pass im ness Translation: A bird that flies too fast, passes his nest Meaning: Don’t be…
A nuh ebry fish a sea a shark Translation: It is not every fish in the sea is a shark…
Yu neber see pop-gun kill alligata Translation: You never see a pop-gun kill an alligator Meaning: Don’t expect a child…
Quattie bread fill monkey belly Translation: A quattie’s worth of bread will fill a monkey’s stomach Meaning: The poor are…
Fowl nyam done, wipe mout’ a grung Translation: When a fowl is through eating, it wipes its mouth on the ground…
Ants falla fat Translation: Ants follow fat Meaning: Prosperity comes with hard work
Dem short fe singer when dem put peacock in a choir Translation: They are short of singers when they put…
Peel neck chicken cry fi life, im no cry fi fedda Translation: Peel neck chicken cries for life, he doesn’t…
Translation: The dog says he won’t work; he will sit down and look, for he must get a living Meaning:…
Don’t mek goat watchman fe breadfruit tree Translation: Don’t make a goat the watchman for a breadfruit tree Meaning: Don’t…