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During an argument it is used to express feelings of anger or used when excited or within a conversation with friends.

Patois: Bumbo-p**sy-raasclaat, cuh deh!!
English: What the f**k! Look at that!

are

a reference to two or more things

Patois: Dem a killas
English: They are killers

all talk but no action

Slang expression used to refer to a person who is all talk but no action. The literal translation is “a lot of mouth”

Patois: Nuh pay him nuh mind, him a bagga mouth
English: Don’t pay him any mind, he’s all talk but no action

Boy

(patois) Di bwoy run cross di road fi save di chickin
(english) The boy ran across the road to save the chicken

Thorns

Patois: Di macka inna di bush jook mi
English: The thorns in the bushes poked me

l don't care about you

Patois: Mi nuh care bout yuh
English: l don't care about you

Nothing is going on

When used as a greeting this expression means everything is ok but nothing much or new is going on”.

Patois: Man1: “Wah gwaan” Man2: “Nothing nah gwaan”
English: Man1: “What is going on” Man2: “Nothing much is going on”

The more a cow grows, the more it's nostrils opens

The more you grow, the better you become with knowledge and experience. You get better as you practise.

Patois: so cow a grow so him nose hole a h'oppen, Yu nuh see seh we a get betta everyday?
English: You get better with knowledge and experience as you grow, Don't you see that we get better everyday?

What's happening

Literal translation - "What's going down?"

Patois: Wat a guh dung a di paati tomorrow?
English: What's happening at the party tomorrow?

Bad luck is worse than witchcraft

Misfortune is very unpleasant

asshole

Expression used to refer to the anus

Patois: Dat man luv f**k batty hole.
English: That man loves to f**k assholes

Bless up is used in Jamaica to mean, have a nice day, have a good day or have a blessed day.

Patois: Mi soon farwud, bless up.
English: I will be back soon, have a nice day.