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Wha gaan bad a mawning, cyan come good a evening!

a nuh every thing good fi eat good fi talk

wah sweet nanny goat a go run 'im belly

When pus belly full rata batty stink

if he hits you once its his fault, if he hits you again its your fault

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"If im caan find work, darg nyam im suppa"

If yu kian catch quako yu catch im shut

mi granny always seh:

anything inna dark mus come a light

nothing neva come before the time

nuh run it dung it a come ( thats guys)

yu a skin yuh teet like Kang dag!

1. "Tap yu noise mek me ears namn grass"

2. "A might chowh yu weh part grass no grow"

3. "Yu gwaan show off yu self when matches box can
hold yu."

4. "Gal, clear aff a me frak tail!!"

5. "Yu face heng dong like dankey unda shady tree"

6. "Wah no kill, fatten"

wha sweet nanny goat a go run im belly

(1) FOWL DRINK WATER BUT FOWL NOH PEEPE

(2) DOG A SWEAT BUT A LONG HAIR COVER IT

(3) YOU MUS CREEP BEFORE YOU WALK

(4) CHICKEN MERRY HAWK DEH NEAR

(5) OLE WOMAN DEH SWEAR FI NYAM CALLALOO AN CALLOO DEH SWEAR FI RUM IM GUT

If piss neva hot, fowl woulda piss.

Ol woman a swear fi eat calloo, and calloo a swear fi run she belly.

Mi Granny used to seh:

Coolie sh** pan calaloo but neagga nam it !!!

If you fling stone inna hog pen, the one who squeel, is him it lick .

mi grandma sey:
nuttin weh too black neva good.

mi nuh know nuttin bcz mi neva go a school mi go sunday school.

gimme plati fa banana have too much stain.

mi nah argue wid yuh mi sis bcz u have too much a wha cat tek lik im paw wid. lol lol

dounce nuh bat if im si im name pon bulla im niam it

our project is the best in the world.

it's not whose dead it's who is alive you have to worry about.

- YUH WAAN GOOD, YUH NOSE HAFFI RUN
- MI T'ROW MI CORN, MI NUH CALL NUH FOWL
- HOWDY TENKY NUH BRUK NUH SQUARE
- EVERY JOHN CROW TINK DEM PICKNEY WHITE
- TEK WHA YUH GET TIL YUH GET WHA YUH WANT
- GYAL PICKNEY YUH EASE TUFF EEN!

blood is ticka dan wata

High seat kill Miss Thomas puss.

empty back caan stand up and full back caan ben!!!!!
dat mean say -- if u belly full u can't work and if u belly empty u still caan work
for lazy people

high chair kill miss thomas puss

Mi deh yah a box shit outa hog mout
duppy know who fi frighten
yu tink mi baan big
a no who yu do fa a who do fi yu

A nuh de same day leaf drop in a water it rotten

(when pig ask him mumma) Wey mek yuh mout so long?
him mumma sey; pickney yuh a grow yuh wi si

high seat kill ms tomas puss

every day bucket gaw well, one day de batam wi drop
out

When puss belly full, rat batty bittah

Tek Yuh timm an walk fast
Yuh mout fi wash wid Jeyes

Get in tha 'ouse or il box yor ears, ya little *^&%.

every dawg hah im two a clack

A nu de same day leaf drap ina wata it rotten.

yu coulda be bull buck R duppy cancara mi nu fraid a you.

if u lie wid dawg u must rise wid flee

you eye dry like coconut.

mi a send you gu shap an if a spit pan de grung an it dry up before you come back a gwine lick out you tara tara claught.

gi yu horse u waan saggle.
gi u a mile u ask fi one yaad.
mi know u fram u eye de a you knee.
hard ears mek a soft behind.
stay deh kin u teeth like kong dawg.
tan deh a gwaan like yu born wid goal spoon ina u mouth.
every spoil mek a style.
him a play fool fi ketch wise mek him tan deh gwaan like im caan mash ants.
if you live ina glass house dont throw stone.
dont bite the hand that feed yu.
the biggest and most important of all DO UNTO OTHERS HAS YOU WOULD HAVE THEM DO UNTO YOU. AMEN.

i want the meaning of proverb-don't close the barn door after the horses leave

Trow stone in a pig pen di pig i' lik a 'im cry.
Before ah could a seh so . . .
Wa gaan bad a mawning cyan com good a evening.
Man who shit a road doan remember, man who step in it cyan forget.

a no the one who shit a roadside member it
a the one who clean it.

jump out a frying pan, jump ina fire.

(1) "Wen chubble tek yu, pikney shut fit yu"

(2) "Scawnful dawg nyam dutty puddn"

(3) "A nuh wan day monkey waan wife"

(4) "Si mi an com lib wid mi a two diffrant ting"

Frog say wat is joke fi you a death to mi

if you play wid puppy hi a go lik yu nose

Cow no know de use a im tail til fly tek im.

"Mi granny always used to seh...":


cock mout kill cock

see an blind hear an deaf

di double stair yuh walk up , di double yuh fall, so take yuh time and do it once a time!

IF GOAT WOULDA KNOW DE SIZE A HIM BATTY HOLE EM WOULD NUH EAT MANGO SEED

"When lamp out finger walks"

u neva kno de use of a half a knife till u lose it

a how yu eye so dry it look like sah

puss broke coconut inna it.....

Tun yuh han mek fashion

'ole broom know di cana (corner) dem...

Hard ears pickney dead a sun hot

When rat belly full im se casaba bitta

Wha no fattn figattn

Yu wa me drap tip and you drap buff

Ooman dupppy laff kekekenkenken, man duppy laff hahaa

wha serve too lang serve many mastas

a ungri man is a angri man

yu mout big like aaba shark

def ears gi liad trouble

talk mi talk, mi no call no name

duppy know who fi friten

a no evry day a Christmus

look pon pat a call keckle black

yu mussi friten fi...

Wha sweet yu gwen sour yu

di chiken come ome fi roos

Mi come fi drink milk, mi no come fi count no cow

Wha yu no know ola dan yu

somin de a bush a cut dawg name uh-huh

Fia de a musmus tail. Im tink a cool breeze.

1) one day belly full cay fatten mawgah dog

2) sun shine pon jackass ones a year

3) who feels it knows it

4) di apple no fall far from di tree

"Yuh tek sleep mark death."

"Yuh right han nuh haffi know weh yuh lef han a do."

"Tick (stick) mussy bruck inna yuh ears."

"my darlin' whenever you feel afraid, read Psalm 27".

Fire Deh a muss muss tail him tink a cool breeze

trouble nuh setup lakka rain

Kiss Kitty KY minus plus bend down guava lick up syrup.

Kiss me acky back flowa a cook.

Blouse and skirt. Pants and shirt.

Mi Granpappy, Mas Arry deh seh,
If yuh baan fat , yuh deh ded fat

If yuh kis ass nuff time yuh ave di rite to kic it

Hag did ask im mumma sey a wi mek im mout so lang, Hag sey, aah me chile yu a grow come yu wi si ...

Yu pik an pik til yu pik shit ...

If a gi yu a bitch lik, yu wi know wich Gad yu a serve ...

Yu tink mi an yu a wear de same draaws wrenkin tail gal ...

Keba yu mout gal, a nuh ever ting yu se yu fi chat ... si an bline hear an def ...

...but wat a way yu wrenk an facety gal ... mine a bax yu inna yu blasted mout ...

Meekful waste mek woeful want ...

my granny would always say you can take care or one child but not two

blessing to all families

my granny always keep your heads up high,and dont forget where you come from

Mi deyah a look like bredda dog

Nuh put yu at wey yu han caan reach i!

Def eze gi liad trouble!

Weh noh kill yu fatten yu

The height that great men reached and kept
were not attained by sudden flight
but they while their companions slept
kept toilling thru the night.

Di humbilist calf suck di most milk.

If yu nuh mash ants yu nuh fine im gut.

Yu staa deh a kin yu teet lacka calm dawg.

Chicken merry hawk deh near.

Mi granny always used to seh always tink of others before tinking of your self boy. them were the good days back then.

Mi granny always used to seh always tink of others before tinking of your self girl. them were the good days back then.

(If an insect flies into your drink, take it out and say:)
Dry yuh come, dry yuh go

Siddung neva sey gettup

When something bad happens to you. Like you get a "bulla"
"You get baff!!!"

Lard, let mi ears eat grass nuh!!

every mikkle mek a muckle

yu face pretty like me heel back

Early to bed early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.

tiday fi yuh tomarra fi mi

What do kill will fatten

if cup ah smell like pis it nah ment fi drink

What sweet nanny goat ago run him belly

chicken merry hawk deh near

fire deh a mus-mus tail, im tink a cool breeze

Mi granny always used to sey when trouble ketch yu pickin shut fit yu.

when people hate yu dem gi yu basket fe carry wata

di higha monkey di more im expose

when cow kawn hear woe im nek belang to butcha

I hope I have got the spelling right.

fi avoid di germs u boil di wata

wah sweet nanny goat a go run im belly
a nuh fus day leaf go a water bottom i rotten

country come a town

Walk ya lawd ef u nuh busy
Lord gi me di case and tek di pilla
Kiss mi cadaho a cya matress
U see me dine trial

My Granny used to say about getting a "good" deal...
"yu buy too cheap...yu buy two time..."

My Granny used to say about doing things the right way.....
"short cut draw long blood..." I miss my granny

"A nuh one day monkey waan wife."

Wha nuh kill yuh wi fatten yuh!

"Yuh nuh si mi dyin trial....."
"Yuh mus learn fi dance a yaad b4 yuh caah dance abraad"

mi never sen yu ah school fe plant minty coco fi run sucker

Translation i didn't send you to school to be a farmer.

"yu carn waste shot pan blackbud it carn eat"

Translation: don't waste time, energy or money on something which can't serve you.

Too much a one ting is good fi nu'n

Too much a one ting is good fi nu'n

Too much a one ting is good fi nu'n

Yu betta wash ya white clothes dem till dem white like a pelican shit

Is who yuh a chat to, me and yuh a nuh quabs

Cow don' know the use a dem tail until dem lose it

def eas give liad trouble

Folla fashun monkey cyan bwoil good soup

life is like i ckock of boxlettes you never get what your gonna know.

eat me!!!

fuck you

Wah deh a dark mus come a light.

Unu free paper bun.

"high seat kill Miss Thomas Puss" or something like that.

Yuh madda a go walk pon water come yah.

-Cow cyan hear whoa, him neck belong a bucha.
-Everyday bucket go a well, one day the bottam a go drop out.
-How u so conga sa
-chicken merry hawk de near

A how yuh a gwaan so, yuh tink yuh a wear di cat's pijamas!!

i am looking for a site that has a lot of jamaican proverbs, i have about 50 or so of them. can someone help me, thank you.

"ya claffi pussy clot! get ya finga outa da jackass"

"tis better to be silent and thought a fool, than to speak and remove all doubt"

This isn't a Jamaican phrase...sorry. I was wondering if you might be able to include the standard English translation for those of us who love Jamaica, but don't really understand all the sayings.
Thanks.

John Crow Seh "when me a feed me pickney pan shit - me no like fi hear ca ca story talk"

Me a sen you go a shop - mek haste an run and if you drop roll.

1) hard ears pickney dead a sun hot
2) u black like mi dutchy pot
3) If u wah good u nose affi run
4} Bway....u walk wid ur belly inna ur hand
5) Wa mek u walk and henka so
6) Lack ur mouth before u ketch fly
7) every good deed deserves a reward
8) nottin done nottin gain
9) you can lead a horse to the water but you can't mek him drink it
10) no repay evil wid evil
11) look before u leap
12) a no everthing that glisten is gold
13) show mi ur friend them and i will tell you who you are
14) mi throw mi caan mi never call nuh fowl
15) Gal u wah mi gi you sinting fi bawl fah
16) Nuh come ah wid ur cow bawling
17) a nuh everybody u fi nahm from
18) play wid fire u get burn by fire
19) u can't use fire fi out fire
20) a nuh everthing u c u fi want

jump outta frying pan an jump inna fire

short cut draw blood

yuh wi si how water walk go a pumkin belly

every hoe have dem tick a bush

whey eye nuh si heart nuh leap

jackass nyam grass till him ketch inna poun

You face feva fimi

A deh e deh if me an` yu ketch up

a bet a bax yu

No ebry chain a-clink a fi di rollin' calf.

fiah deh a mous-mous tail, im tink a cool breeze

Never si com si

every mikkle mek a mukkle

MY GRANNY USE TO SEH ........

1'YUH FAYVA ONE STALK A SKELLION PON KISS-MI-ALITY
BUMP!'

2 'YUH FAYVA FAAT A GO A NINE-NIGHT INNA BLACK SUIT'

3'YUH FAYVA RED CLAAT A CUM FROM JERUSYLEM'

Nu watch di noise a di market watch fi yu correct change

Wah sweet to the mouth is bitter to the belly

padlock pon frog mouth inna courtroom