Bajan Proverbs

Every skin teeth ain’t a laugh. Bajan Proverbs Image

Every skin teeth ain’t a laugh.

A cat can look at de queen. Bajan Proverbs Image

A cat can look at de queen.

Every dog got ‘e day. Bajan Proverbs Image

Every dog got ‘e day.

Every bush is a man. Bajan Proverbs Image

Every bush is a man.

Young suga-cane gives no beer. Bajan Proverbs Image

Young suga-cane gives no beer.

A person will change his mind on something if left to sleep over it. Bajan Proverbs Image

A person will change his mind on something if left to sleep over it.

He who goes around with his body upright, later on will go crawling. Bajan Proverbs Image

He who goes around with his body upright, later on will go crawling.

A man is poor not because he scorns possessions Bajan Proverbs Image

A man is poor not because he scorns possessions

A little idleness causes the ruin of the beehive. Bajan Proverbs Image

A little idleness causes the ruin of the beehive.

A little idleness lost a tilled field. Bajan Proverbs Image

A little idleness lost a tilled field.

A knife and a shaving-knife are alike. Bajan Proverbs Image

A knife and a shaving-knife are alike.

A good friend is a treasure. Bajan Proverbs Image

A good friend is a treasure.

‘kanywanjui’ scratches its thigh. Bajan Proverbs Image

‘kanywanjui’ scratches its thigh.

Boys and sugar-cane grow up as enemies. Bajan Proverbs Image

Boys and sugar-cane grow up as enemies.

Don’t leh de devil get into me now. Bajan Proverbs Image

Don’t leh de devil get into me now.

No married woman will have her white hair shaved at her mother’s. Bajan Proverbs Image

No married woman will have her white hair shaved at her mother’s.

No evil, but only the good will last. Bajan Proverbs Image

No evil, but only the good will last.

No day dawns like another. Bajan Proverbs Image

No day dawns like another.

The baby nursed by its grandmother can never be corrected. Bajan Proverbs Image

The baby nursed by its grandmother can never be corrected.

The baby that refuses its mother’s breast, will never be full. Bajan Proverbs Image

The baby that refuses its mother’s breast, will never be full.

The animal caught in the trap does not refuse to set itself free. Bajan Proverbs Image

The animal caught in the trap does not refuse to set itself free.

The animal rambling in the stable makes the sleeping ones rise too. Bajan Proverbs Image

The animal rambling in the stable makes the sleeping ones rise too.

The abyss laughs at the plain. Bajan Proverbs Image

The abyss laughs at the plain.

Nobody can see his own goodness: it can be seen only by others. Bajan Proverbs Image

Nobody can see his own goodness: it can be seen only by others.

The cooking pot on the fire leaks, when pouring water it is broken. Bajan Proverbs Image

The cooking pot on the fire leaks, when pouring water it is broken.

The flea troubles him who has got it in his ear. Bajan Proverbs Image

The flea troubles him who has got it in his ear.

The food that is in the mouth is not yet in the belly. Bajan Proverbs Image

The food that is in the mouth is not yet in the belly.

The food eaten first lasts longest in the stomach. Bajan Proverbs Image

The food eaten first lasts longest in the stomach.

The ox that feeds itself does not spoil its skin. Bajan Proverbs Image

The ox that feeds itself does not spoil its skin.

The ox which has grown old has no admirer. Bajan Proverbs Image

The ox which has grown old has no admirer.

The hump of the ox that has grown old must be eaten by women. Bajan Proverbs Image

The hump of the ox that has grown old must be eaten by women.

The ox which has no horns, relies for help on the one that has them. Bajan Proverbs Image

The ox which has no horns, relies for help on the one that has them.

The ox that ran away cannot be caught. Bajan Proverbs Image

The ox that ran away cannot be caught.

The ox that claws the ‘kiara’ will die. Bajan Proverbs Image

The ox that claws the ‘kiara’ will die.

The son of the leopard scratches like its mother. Bajan Proverbs Image

The son of the leopard scratches like its mother.

To forget a strong man who could help you is the same as to scorn him. Bajan Proverbs Image

To forget a strong man who could help you is the same as to scorn him.

To forget is the same as to throw away. Bajan Proverbs Image

To forget is the same as to throw away.

The rambling pole-cat leaves its house when there is banquet. Bajan Proverbs Image

The rambling pole-cat leaves its house when there is banquet.

The ram that is shown around is not fat. Bajan Proverbs Image

The ram that is shown around is not fat.

To despise the ox means to despise also a strip of hide from it. Bajan Proverbs Image

To despise the ox means to despise also a strip of hide from it.

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