Bajan Proverbs

Bajan proverbs carry Barbados’ island wit, born from sugar-plantation history and seafaring life. They prize quick humor, thrift, and community sense, turning hard times into sharp, practical advice.

You got two mout or you are two faced. (Bajan Proverb)
Boys and sugar-cane grow up as enemies. View proverb
Bajan Proverb
Cat luck en' dog luck. View proverb
Bajan Proverb
Cockroach ain't had no right in fowl cock company. View proverb
Bajan Proverb
De devil does find work for evil hands to do. View proverb
Bajan Proverb
De higher de monkey climb, de more he does show he tail. View proverb
Bajan Proverb
De longer yuh live, de more yuh does hear. View proverb
Bajan Proverb
De more yuh look de less yuh see. View proverb
Bajan Proverb
De sea en' get nuh back door. View proverb
Bajan Proverb
De tongue dat buy yuh does sell yuh. View proverb
Bajan Proverb
You are a sweet skin buckey. (Bajan Proverb)
You are a white mout fowl. View proverb
Bajan Proverb
You can dead longer than ya live. View proverb
Bajan Proverb
You can take a horse to the pond but you cant make him drink. View proverb
Bajan Proverb
You can take a monkey out of the bush, but you cant take the bush of a monkey. View proverb
Bajan Proverb
You cant be in the town and be in the country too. View proverb
Bajan Proverb
You cant get blood out of a stone. View proverb
Bajan Proverb
You have niggeritis. View proverb
Bajan Proverb
Young suga-cane gives no beer. View proverb
Bajan Proverb
Yuh ain't even say: "yuh cat yuh dog”. View proverb
Bajan Proverb
Yuh does give yuh mout too much liberty. (Bajan Proverb)
‘kanywanjui' scratches its thigh. View proverb
Bajan Proverb
A cat can look at de queen. View proverb
Bajan Proverb
A fair daughter's father has no ears. View proverb
Bajan Proverb
A good friend is a treasure. View proverb
Bajan Proverb