Martiniquais Proverbs
Proverbial Wisdom from Martinique Sayings of Martiniquais origin Not everybody who wears spurs is a jockey. If an ox doesn't know the size of his arse he won't eat an apricot stone. You jump up, but you come down all the same. The good dog never gets a good bone. Breasts are never too heavy for the chest. The sheep drinks but it's the goat that gets drunk. Where there is a bone, there are dogs. If you are born fat you will not die thin. When you bump into someone, begging your pardon doesn't put it right. Chickens can't speak well of their own soup. Thieves don't like to see their comrades carrying the bags. A dog doesn't like bananas, but he can't bear to think that chickens eat them. The blow is taken on the nose but it's the eyes that cry. Martinique is an insular region of France located in the Lesser Antilles in the eastern Caribbean Sea, with a land area of 1,128 square kilometres (436 sq mi) and a population of 3...