Definitions submitted by CongoKalungaGangalee

Mad person

A demented or mad person.

Patois: Nuff a dem bway inna di city tun' stakki sake ah di crack weh dem blak up inna dem caana.
English: Many of those boys in the city go mad because of the crack they smoke on their corners.

Shackles or chains

Shackles or chains

Patois: Mi did trow di myanacle roun' di dog foot, suh it nuh run weh.
English: I threw the shackles round the dog's feet, so it does not run away.

Look for or ask for

Look for or ask for.

Patois: Nuh hengka hengka fah nuh chubble, cah it neva guh sekkle like juu waata.
English: Do not look for(ask for) trouble, because it won't come like rain which always signals you.

Be where you will be appreciated and respected.

Literally means," a one-eyed man is king in a blind man's country". It actually means, be where you will be appreciated and respected.

Patois: Wan yai man ah king inna blind man conchry
English: Be where you will be appreciated and respected

One who does not heed to good advice always faces the repercussion of their own action(s)

Literally, stubborn child gets burnt under hot sun. It actually means one who does not heed to good advice always faces the repercussion of their own action(s)

Patois: Yuh know seh eaise haad pikni bun' ah sun hot, suh tell mi weh mi haffi duh now
English: You know one who does not heed to good advice always faces the repercussion of their own action(s), so tell me what I have to do now.