a no babariman e broko pranasi

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

Literally, "it's not the noisy ones who destroy the plantation". Refers to escaped enslaved people who stealthily returned to wreck plantations and free other enslaved people.

Proverb

a no babariman e broko pranasi

  1. talk is cheap (it is easy to make boastful or unrealistic statements which are not supported by actions)
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