Bajan is peppered with a number of colourful proverbs and sayings that have been passed down through the generations. These are just a few examples below:
| Proverbs | Meaning |
|---|---|
| De higha de monkey climb, de more he show he tail | The more you show off the more you show your faults |
| Gol' (gold) teet (teeth) doan suit hog mout (mouth) | Fancy things don't suit those that aren't accustomed to them |
| Cat luck ain' dog luck | What one person may get away with may cause problems for another |
| Wuh ain' see you, ain' pass you | Just because you got away with something so far does not mean that it won't catch up with you later |
| Ef greedy wait hot wud (would) cool | Patience will be rewarded |
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Famous quotes containing the word proverbs:
“One who forgives an affront fosters friendship, but one who dwells on disputes will alienate a friend.”
—Bible: Hebrew, Proverbs 17:9.
“The world is filled with the proverbs and acts and winkings of a base prudence, which is a devotion to matter, as if we possessed no other faculties than the palate, the nose, the touch, the eye and ear; a prudence which adores the Rule of Three, which never subscribes, which never gives, which seldom lends, and asks but one question of any project,—Will it bake bread?”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
“He that seeks trouble never misses.”
—17th-Century English proverb, first collected in George Herbert, Outlandish Proverbs (1640)