• “Beautiful rose got macca fi juck yuh”

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  Oct 19

  Beautiful rose got macca fi juck yuh

  Translation: Beautiful roses have thorns which will hurt you

  Meaning: Everyone has good and bad qualities.

4 Responses to ““Beautiful rose got macca fi juck yuh””

1. 

   RasBenji said on October 25th, 2009 at 9:24 am

   Just to commend you on your effort to keep these authentic jamaican nuggets of wisdom alive. It contributes to the formation of a bulwark against the importation of ‘outer’-national values into the common culture of the Jamaican people. I wish you great success.

2. 

   Cherryl said on November 14th, 2009 at 10:55 pm

   Thanks RasBenji. It’s definitely a labour of love. We are so culturally rich!

3. 

   Richi said on November 18th, 2009 at 9:39 am

   Just Luv deh vybzs!

   Another perspective to this proverb: “never judge a book by its cover” or “beauty is only skin deep”

   Lata!

4. 

   Cherryl said on November 18th, 2009 at 2:41 pm

   Thanks Richi, those are great! Please give your ideas about other proverbs too.

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