young bud nuh know storm
proverb/jʌŋ bʌd nʌ nʷoː stɑːm/
English Definition
experience is the best teacher
Etymology
- (Literally, "A young bird has never experienced a storm.")
Examples
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"[Ntozake Adwoa Onuora (2015), Anansesem: Telling Stories and Storytelling African Maternal Pedagogies (in English), →ISBN: ““Ave some respek fiyuh eldas, 3 my stepmother, or some aunt would say or, "Young bud nuh know storm," 4,5 words reminding me to unquestioningly submit to their eldership. This was the part of being a child that I abhorred. […]”]”"
It is said that experience is the best teacher: seniors are taking the vaccine while youngsters are shunning it.
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"Dem seh young bud nuh know storm: Di elda dem a tek di vaccine an' di yute dem a run weh fram i'."