Yer play with puppy, him lick you mouth.
“If you play with a puppy, it will lick your mouth.”
Too much familiarity invites over-familiarity and a loss of respect in return.
— Traditional Bahamas Wisdom, Bahamas
Source: Traditional Bahamas proverb, public-domain oral tradition (recorded by H.H. Finlay, Eleuthera, 1925)
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