Proverb Thread!!!

[foss]

Gopaul luck aint Seepaul luck.

ah didn't hear dis one longggg time.. has a humour to it

[buzz]

bat in yuh crease

[vin123]

"Blessed be the Lord my God who teaches my hands to fight, and my fingers to war. - Psalms 144-1

[wheelbarrow]

Never horn down.

[Turkish]

playing dead, to ketch corbeau live..

[mero]

people who normally go in search of blood end up finding it

[d spike]

what doesnt kill does fatten.

...and what don't fatten, does purge.


Don't call alligator 'long-mouth' til you pass him.

What eh meet you, eh pass you.

Egg have no right in rock-stone dance.

One day, one day, congotay.

Ce ou mange charbon, un caca de fey. (If you eat coals, you bound to sheit fire.)

Chou poule ce gabilan pueh (It's the chicken's fault if the hawk catches him. Normally shortened to "chou poule". Forgive the spelling errors - I didn't do Patois in school. )

[sharkman121]

cockroach cyah dance in fowl party

[sharkman121]

corbeau doh eat sponge cake

[sensiman]

One day, one day, congotay.

used to get this from my mother all the time

[Raaan]

Don't play mass if yuh fraid powder.

[sharkman121]

Even d sun does shine on dog sheit sometimes

[janfar]

Monkey know which tree to climb.

[mpower]

man who runs behind car gets exhausted

today for me tomorrow for you

yuh do miss the water till the well run dry

work like a jackass get pay like a jackass (my job)

all that shimmers is not gold

good things come to those who wait

good things come to those who work for it (this better)

yuh could take them outta the gutter, but not the gutter outta them

when yuh can't listen you will feel

yuh have to get burn to learn.

[janfar]

man who runs behind car gets exhausted.

Man who run in front of car get tired.

[PapaC]

If you must choose between two evils, pick the one you ve never tried before.

So what you saying, vote for UNC?????

[d spike]

When jackass passing with rope dragging, leave him let him go. (old local one from the early 1900's... similar in meaning to the old English "never cause a fool to tarry"... much prefer the local one, though.)

[mpower]

yuh know u bad when yuh could spoil a jamete

[foss]

hoes (not honda hoe) need love too

[lostboys crew]

Monkey see.......Monkey do...

[dougla_boy]

every dog licks his own stones

[Trini Hookah]

hoes (not honda hoe) need love too

i thought this was for fat chicks

[equal2zero]

doh put fowl to guard yuh corn

[foss]

when it rain, it pours (not sure what happens when it drizzles though)

[foss]

doh let Rooki3 tie yuh goats

[PapaC]

Big girls need loving too

A fool and his gold are soon parted

Pot calling kettle black

[mpower]

if it burns when you peee, you may have a VD!!!!!

[Tetramiel]

Not all that glitters is gold

[tool-band]

a stopped clock is right twice a day

Shiet always flows downwards

[illumin@ti]

With a lil KY and a lotta patience, an elephant can fvck a fly.