same knife stick sheep, stick goat

same knife stick sheep, stick goat

Jamaican Creole

Etymology

Literally, "the same knife which sticks the sheep, also sticks the goat."

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sʲeːm naɪf stɪk ʃiːp stɪk ɡʷoːt/
• Hyphenation: same‧knife‧stick‧sheep‧stick‧goat

Proverb

same knife stick sheep, stick goat

1. what goes around, comes around
   • Andrea Campbell (2012) Jamaican Sayings - Character‎, →ISBN, page 41:

     “121. Same knife stick sheep stick goat
     The same knife that sticks a sheep will stick a goat
     Whatever someone does to another he can also do to you; beware of such people! […] ”

   Mi see se yuh loud up Peter bad bout di one likkle mistake weh 'im mek, but memba mi seh same knife stick sheep, stick goat.

   I noticed that you really came down hard on Peter for that tiny mistake he made. Mark my words: what goes around, comes around.