Don't fly pass you ness'.

Don't fly past your nest...meaning don't get too big for your britches or don't overstep your boundaries.

My granny use to always say this, " hog did ask im muma how im mout long so,an she say, bamba yu wi see".

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one one coco full basket
saving small money will turn into big money sonner or later

young bird no know hurricane
youth dont know dangers of the world

do little tek weh sit down fi soso wife
if you do whatever you can instead of sittin down waiting on something
particular you will do better

if yuh neva go a foul coup, foul wouldnt **** pun you
bad things that happen often happen because of the company you keep
my mother uses it in relation to bad women

long way bring sweat but the short cut bring blood
selfexplanatory

big up...the whole caribbean
Jamaica, westmoreland
Barbados, all St.Michael crew ....Turning
all TT crew, all my people liming out by the savanna

....bajan hacker

Is that like "What goes around, comes around?"

not really babes, this proverbs refers to those set of persons how have it all and dont appreciate what they have and those set that do not have it and wish they colud have it

okay

in response to the one a "jancrow always tink im pickney pretty"
another meaning that you cpuld have had is:
parent always believe that their children are always good and that they are better than other children

if yeye box u ya see peeniewallie
meaning i'll hit you so hard you'll see stars

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lyfe's a B**** and then u die
live lyfe to the fullest
go beyond ur own expectations

pride feel no pain
meaning: if u want to look pretty (for instance gettin yur hair press with the stove comb) it might hurt

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lyfe's a B**** and then u die
live lyfe to the fullest
go beyond ur own expectations

When peel head john-crow eating a blossom (or something like that)

meaning: same as saying "when pigs fly", cuz john-crow (aka. vultures) dont eat fruits/blossoms

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if de hed too big it wan feet.

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Wutchu lookin at

This is great thread. i love JA proverbs.

here is from the gleaner:

http://www.jamaica-gleaner.com/pages.../story0046.htm

can someone explain: fire dem a mus mus tail him tink a cool breeze?

is this like saying someone is thick headed or too stupid to notice something even if it smacks them in the face?

It means that his tail would be on fire but im no notice till it almost burn off!

(a mus mus is a mangoose and they are said not not have feelings in dem tail)

So..to sum it up.......is like he (the person the quote is referring too)... is sinking into a hole and is only when it too late that he realises.........no forward thinking!

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Lifting My Eyes to the Maker.

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" kiss mi granny!" similar to "kiss mi footback"

Thanks JaSpice

Yeah, I really like the granny one.

Here's another: If I lick you, you bottie go tweh-tweh!