cockroach nuh business inna fowl fight
Jamaican Creole
Etymology
Literally, "A cockroach never gets involved when hens fight."
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkakɹʷoːt͡ʃ nʌ ˈbɪznɪs ɪna fɔʊ̯l faɪt/
- Hyphenation: cock‧roach‧nuh‧busi‧ness‧in‧na‧fowl‧fight
Proverb
cockroach nuh business inna fowl fight
- mind your own business
- [2001, Kathleen E. A. Monteith, Glen Richards, Jamaica in Slavery and Freedom: History, Heritage and Culture (in English), →ISBN, page 110:
- “The Caribbean proverb about the vulnerability of one species in relation to another, imaged in "Cockroach nuh business inna fowl fight" or "Cockroach never right in front of fowl" […] ”]
See also
- mi come yah fi drink milk, mi nuh come yah fi count cow