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
- what goes around, comes around
- [Andrea Campbell (2012) Jamaican Sayings - Character (in English), →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.
- [Andrea Campbell (2012) Jamaican Sayings - Character (in English), →ISBN, page 41: ““121. Same knife stick sheep stick goat
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