INCH NO IN MASTA, KABASLכT NO IN MISIS. An implication knows its master (just as) a dress knows its mistress. Used to warn people when you are aware you are the object of their insinuating remarks.
OGIRI DE LAF KENDA Fכ SMεL. Ogiri laughs at kenda on account of its smell. Kenda and ogiri, when uncooked, are both rank-smelling seasonings. "The pot calling the kettle black." KAKI Nכ DU Fכ S.I., PכTA SE I WAN LכNG PANKS [Fכ YAD]. There's not enough khaki for the S.I. (Senior Inspector), the porter says he wants long pants (four yards)
PAMAI Nכ DU PAN BONDO PIKIN, YU RכB AM NA IN FUT? (Mende) There's not enough palm oil for the Bondo girl, you rub it on her foot?
TING WE Nכ DU Fכ WAN MAN, IF TU MAN IT AM, NA STAVESHכN. There's not enough of a thing for one man, if two men eat it it's starvation.
BLAK TRεD Nכ ROWND PIJIN IN NεK, A Nכ GO SE DOV. The black thread won't go around the pigeon's neck, much less the dove's. There isn't enough for me, so there's no question of my giving any away. MכNKI TכK, MכNKI YεRI. Monkey talks, monkey listens. Persons who think alike will understand one another.YU DU MI, A DU YU: MOSES' LAW.
You do unto me, I do unto you: Moses' Law. "An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth." WE YU BכS MI YAI, A CHUK YU WES. YU PUL DI KANDA כNDA MI FUT, A PUL DI KANDA כNDA YU WES; A Nכ GO TINAP, YU Nכ GO SIDכN. (Kono) "An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth." "Tit for tat."D
כTI WATA SεF KIN כT FAIA. Even dirty water can put out a fire. The wider meaning is, "Any port in a storm," but it is often used as a sexual allusion. BAD BUSH Nכ DE Fכ TROWE BAD PIKIN. Bad children may not be thrown into the bush. No matter how bad a child may turn out to be, he can't be disowned by his family.AS YU MEK YU BED, NA SO YU GO LED
כN PAN AM. As you make your bed, so you shall lie on it. Used positively rather than negatively, it means that one will enjoy the fruits of one's labor. PIKIN WE Nכ YεRI IN MAMA IN WכD, NA TRIT GO MεN AM. A child who doesn't listen to its mother will be brought up by the street. A child who is disobedient at home will eventually have to face the consequences of a poor upbringing.
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