When you na know, you jus na know.
“When you don't know, you just don't know.”
Sometimes a person genuinely does not know something, and that plain ignorance — not malice or excuse-making — should be accepted as the honest truth.
— Traditional Antigua & Barbuda Wisdom, Antigua & Barbuda
Source: Words popularized by Antiguan calypsonian Boldface, now embedded in Antigua and Barbuda's proverb repertoire; Antigua and Barbuda Government Cultural Information System (cpoise.gov.ag, "Proverb Meanings" archive)
More Proverbs from Antigua & Barbuda
What sweet nanny goat will run its belly.
Something that seems pleasurable in the moment can bring trouble or pain afterward.
One one cocoa full basket.
Small, steady contributions add up to something substantial over time.
Every day the bucket go to the well, one day the bottom will drop out.
Repeating a risky habit will eventually catch up with you.
Cockroach have no business in fowl fight.
Do not get involved in a conflict where you are clearly outmatched or vulnerable.
Monkey know what tree to climb.
People size up a person or situation carefully before deciding how to act.
Empty barrel makes the most noise.
Those with the least substance or knowledge often talk the loudest.