Turks & Caicos Islands Proverbs (7)

Goat Business is not the business of sheep.

“Goat business is not the business of sheep.”

Mind your own affairs and do not meddle in matters that do not concern you.

When your friend's beard is caught on fire, put yours in water.

“When your friend's beard is caught on fire, put yours in water.”

Learn from trouble that befalls someone close to you and take precautions before the same trouble reaches you.

Don't polish floor for monkey to dance on.

“Do not polish the floor for a monkey to dance on.”

Do not work hard to create an advantage or opportunity that a foolish or undeserving person will end up enjoying.

Drunk man sober words.

“A drunk man speaks a sober man's words.”

What a person truly thinks or knows comes out when their guard is down; the truth slips out in unguarded moments.

Pot callin kittle black.

“The pot is calling the kettle black.”

Criticizing someone else for a fault that you share yourself is hypocrisy.

Pig still pork & goat still mutton.

“The pig is still pork, and the goat is still mutton.”

Despite a change in appearance or circumstance, the true nature of a person or thing stays the same.

Bush crack man gone.

“When trouble comes, your so-called friends are gone.”

Fair-weather friends disappear the moment real trouble arrives, revealing who was never a true friend.