Chicken merry, hawk de near.
“When the chicken is merry, the hawk is near.”
Danger often lurks closest during moments of carelessness or joy.
— Traditional Jamaica Wisdom, Jamaica
Source: Traditional Jamaica proverb, public-domain oral tradition
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