“When your neighbor's house is on fire, wet your own roof.”
Learn from the misfortune of others and take precautions before trouble reaches your own door.
— Traditional Anguilla & West Indian Wisdom, Anguilla
Source: Traditional West Indian proverb, shared Anglophone Caribbean oral heritage (Leeward Islands region including Anguilla), public-domain oral tradition
More Proverbs from Anguilla
Every day the bucket goes to the well, but one day the bottom will drop out.
Repeated risky or dishonest behavior will eventually catch up with you.
One one cocoa full basket.
Small, steady contributions add up to something substantial over time.
The higher the monkey climbs, the more he shows his tail.
The more someone shows off or rises above their station, the more their flaws are exposed.
What is sweet in the mouth can be sour in the belly.
A pleasure enjoyed carelessly now can bring pain or regret later.
The sea has no back door.
At sea, and in life's real dangers, there is no hidden escape route — you must face what is ahead directly.
Cockroach has no business in a fowl fight.
Stay out of conflicts where you are the weaker party and likely to be hurt.