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

  1. 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" […] ”]

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