See mi throw mi corn, mi neva call nuh fowl on Wiktionary
{ "etymology_text": "Literally, \"I scattered my corn; I didn't invite the chickens.\"", "head_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "jam", "2": "proverb" }, "expansion": "mi throw mi corn, mi neva call nuh fowl", "name": "head" } ], "hyphenation": [ "mi‧throw‧mi‧corn‧mi‧ne‧va‧call‧nuh‧fowl" ], "lang": "Jamaican Creole", "lang_code": "jam", "pos": "proverb", "senses": [ { "categories": [ { "kind": "other", "name": "Jamaican Creole entries with incorrect language header", "parents": [ "Entries with incorrect language header", "Entry maintenance" ], "source": "w" }, { "kind": "other", "name": "Jamaican Creole proverbs", "parents": [], "source": "w" }, { "kind": "other", "name": "Pages with 1 entry", "parents": [], "source": "w" }, { "kind": "other", "name": "Pages with entries", "parents": [], "source": "w" } ], "examples": [ { "ref": "2016, “Top ten Jamaican proverbs and what they mean”, in loopjamaica.com (in English), archived from the original on 2020-12-19:", "text": "“\"Mi throw mi corn, mi neva call nuh fowl.\" Who the cap fits? Usually means they make general statements without convicting anyone in particular. […]”", "type": "quote" } ], "glosses": [ "if the cap fits, wear it; if the shoe fits, wear it" ], "id": "en-mi_throw_mi_corn,_mi_neva_call_nuh_fowl-jam-proverb-91B3WlFb", "links": [ [ "if the cap fits, wear it", "if the cap fits, wear it" ], [ "if the shoe fits, wear it", "if the shoe fits, wear it" ] ] } ], "sounds": [ { "ipa": "/mɪ t͡ʃ(ʴ)ʷoː mɪ kɑːn" }, { "ipa": "mɪ nɛva kɑːl nʌ fɔʊ̯l/" } ], "word": "mi throw mi corn, mi neva call nuh fowl" }
{ "etymology_text": "Literally, \"I scattered my corn; I didn't invite the chickens.\"", "head_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "jam", "2": "proverb" }, "expansion": "mi throw mi corn, mi neva call nuh fowl", "name": "head" } ], "hyphenation": [ "mi‧throw‧mi‧corn‧mi‧ne‧va‧call‧nuh‧fowl" ], "lang": "Jamaican Creole", "lang_code": "jam", "pos": "proverb", "senses": [ { "categories": [ "Jamaican Creole entries with incorrect language header", "Jamaican Creole idioms", "Jamaican Creole lemmas", "Jamaican Creole multiword terms", "Jamaican Creole proverbs", "Jamaican Creole terms with quotations", "Pages with 1 entry", "Pages with entries" ], "examples": [ { "ref": "2016, “Top ten Jamaican proverbs and what they mean”, in loopjamaica.com (in English), archived from the original on 2020-12-19:", "text": "“\"Mi throw mi corn, mi neva call nuh fowl.\" Who the cap fits? Usually means they make general statements without convicting anyone in particular. […]”", "type": "quote" } ], "glosses": [ "if the cap fits, wear it; if the shoe fits, wear it" ], "links": [ [ "if the cap fits, wear it", "if the cap fits, wear it" ], [ "if the shoe fits, wear it", "if the shoe fits, wear it" ] ] } ], "sounds": [ { "ipa": "/mɪ t͡ʃ(ʴ)ʷoː mɪ kɑːn" }, { "ipa": "mɪ nɛva kɑːl nʌ fɔʊ̯l/" } ], "word": "mi throw mi corn, mi neva call nuh fowl" }
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