When you find yourself in trouble, a child’s shirt fits you.

More Jamaican Proverbs

• The rooster was killed by his own mouth.
• Get out of any situation in which you feel threatened or pressured into doing anything against your will.
• Danger lurks nearby when there is too much merriment and excitement.
• There is trouble in the business, and Anancy takes it home.
• Have-nots covet what the Haves take for granted.
• You tend to stick to people of the same nature.
• When the poor man gets up, he becomes trouble to the world.
• The Parson always christens his own child first.
• Every day’s fishing day, but not every day’s a day to catch fish.
• It is not for the want of fat that the nightingale’s legs stand so.
• The Hungry belly and the full belly do not walk the same road.
• There is a fire blowing at the tail of the mouse, but he believes he is feeling the effects of a cooling breeze.
• If you spit in the sky, it falls into your eye.
• Young John crows are white when hatched, but do not remain white.
• Do not rush into a marriage, or any intimate relationship, but wait until the time is right.
• People tend to point out the faults in others than their own.
• Not everyone goes to church for the same reason, some just go to gossip.
• Always choose the first opportunity.
• One pound of fretting, cannot repay one ounce of debts.
• There’s someone out there for everyone.
• John crow never thinks of making his house until it rains.
• A penny-halfpenny (1 1/2d) buys trouble, one hundred pounds ( £100 ) cannot pay for it.
• One hand washes the other.
• When a man’s belly is filled, he breaks the pot.
• Sleep has no master.
• Deal with important matters first.
• He who wants it desperately cannot get it; he who get it easily does not want it or appreciate it.