219 Jamaican Proverbs / Page 7
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New broom sweep clean, but de ole broom know de corner.122.
No all foot in a boot a good foot.123.
No call alligator long mouth till you pass him.124.
No ebery chain you hear a fe rollin'calf.125.
No hang you clothes all pon one nail.126.
No Ketchie, ho habie.127.
No mek one donkey choke you.128.
No put youself in a barrel when match box can hol you.129.
Noh care how boar hog try fi hide under sheep wool, 'im grunt always betray 'im.130.
Noh cup noh brok, noh coffee noh trow weh.131.
Noh put yu cap whé yu caang reach it.132.
Not everything that is good to eat is good to talk about.133.
Not everything you hear is good for conversation.134.
One finger can't ketch louse135.
One, one cocoa full basket.136.
One-eye man a king a blind country.137.
Pay the doctor, praise the Lord.138.
Peppa bu'n hot, but ih good fi curry.139.
Plantain ripe, can't green again.140.
Play wid puppy, Puppy lick yu mouth.