The alligator lays eggs, but he is not a fowl.

More Jamaican Proverbs

• You can shake a man’s head, but you cannot shake his heart.
• Shoes alone know if the stocking have holes.
• A cowardly man keeps sound bones.
• If you put your hand in the devil’s mouth, take it out carefully.
• One finger alone cannot kill lice.
• Do not expect to achieve success overnight, take it slowly.
• The bond between blood relatives is very strong.
• Life isn’t fair.
• What tastes sweet in the mouth burns the belly.
• Old fire sticks are easily re-kindled.
• Do not underestimate the value of the elderly.
• If you spread your bed hard, you must lie on a hard bed.
• The more you look, the less you will see.
• Willful waste brings woeful want.
• The peacock hides his foot when he hears about his tail.
• When you find yourself in trouble, a child’s shirt fits you.
• Do not wait until the drum beats before you grind your axe.
• What is yours will always be yours.
• Make use of the first opportunities that comes your way.
• It is no use pretending to be something you are not as the true you will always show.
• Bowl goes, calabash comes.
• A patient man rides a donkey.
• If you want everything you see, you will eventually lose all.
• The hog/pig eats whatever its mind gives it for [or wants].
• That which appears too good, can hurt you.
• You will never know someone just from casual acquaintances. Take time to know someone.
• Parents always think that their children are destined for greatness.