Proverb:      Every rope gat two ends.

Translation: Every rope/ string has two ends.

Meaning:     Every story has two sides.

(http://www.guyana.org/proverbs.html)

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Proverb:      Bush get ears and dutty get tongue.

Translation: Grass/ trees and earth have tongue.

Meaning:     Sometimes you think that what you do or say nobody sees or hears, but yet your secrets are known.

(http://www.guyana.org/proverbs.html)

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Proverb:      All cassava get same skin but all nah taste same way.

Translation: All cassava have the same skin but all does not have the same taste.

Meaning:    Though people may look alike because of their mode of dress, they are different in their ways.

(http://www.guyana.org/proverbs.html)

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Proverb:      Every rope gat two ends. 

Translation: Every rope has two ends.

Meaning:     Every story has two sides.

(http://www.guyana.org/proverbs.html)

 

Proverb:          If yuh finger get sore, nah tek am and throw way.

Translation: If your finger gets a sore, you will not throw it away.

Meaning:     A member of your family may turn delinquent but that does not mean that you must disown him or                   refuse to help him.

(http://www.guyana.org/proverbs.html)

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Proverb:          Hungry nah know bam-by.

Translation: Hungry does not know bam-boy (food)

Meaning:     If you have a need, you grasp at everything that fulfills it.

(http://www.guyana.org/proverbs.html)

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Proverb:          If yuh eye nah see, yuh mouth nah must talk.

Translation: If your eye did not see, your mouth should not speak.

Meaning:     You must see for yourself before you talk.

(http://www.guyana.org/proverbs.html)

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