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God don't like ugly
- Disapproval of injustice
Give jack ‘e jacket
- Give credit where credit is due.
Good looks can' kaah tuh de shop.
- Having physical beauty in itself does not offer any practical benefits
Gold teet don' suit hog mout
- Elegant accessories are inappropriate when used or worn by those who are not accustomed to such.
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Hard ears yuh won't hear, by and by you gine feel.
- If you do not take heed to good advice, you will feel the negative effect of it.
Head ‘en brain.
- Not everybody is wise.
High wind know where ole house live.
- Advantage is often taken of those who are weak.
Hurry-hurry never done.
- Do not do things in a hurry, you may have to re-do it all.
Home drum beat first.
- Before taking on someone else's problems, you should first look after your family interest.
Hungry mek cat eat salt.
- Necessity often causes people to act contrary to their regular way of life.
Halfway en' nuh warning .
- It's no use warning a person to be careful without telling him what it is he should be careful about.
Hol de light fuh de devil tuh sih, and when yuh get a chance, blow it out in 'e face .
- When you know that somebody has bad intentions but is pretending they mean well,
you should play along with them until the opportunity comes when you can foil their plans.
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If greedy wait, hot will cool.
- Your patience in a situation will be rewarded.
If you didn't at de christening, yuh shouldn't be at the wedding.
- Do not get involved in something if you do not know how it started.
If black bird fly wid pigeon ‘e will get shoot.
- If you associate with the wrong people you will get the same treatment that they do.
If rain water en' full yuh barrel, dew water can' full it.
- If you did not successfully convert the opportunities offered in your life, it is unlikely that when there are less or no opportunities available, that you will find success.
It en' de gun dat does kill yuh, it is de shot.
- It is usually the small problems, not the big ones that cause the most difficulty.
It don't tek a big axe tuh cut down a big tree.
- Size, or lack of it, does not limit capabilities .
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