Meaning
'Everyday bucket go a well, one day di bottom mus drop out' — the bucket goes to the well every single day, but one day its bottom will drop out. You cannot keep doing the same risky or wrong thing forever without it finally failing you, the proverb warns: luck runs out, and repeated wrongdoing eventually catches up. Just as the bucket dipped daily into the well must one day give way, so the thief, the cheat, or the chancer who presses their luck again and again will in the end be caught and come to grief.
Examples
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Him keep tief an get weh, but everyday bucket go a well, one day di bottom mus drop out.
He keeps stealing and getting away, but you can't keep it up forever.
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Stop tempt fate; everyday bucket go a well, one day di bottom mus drop out.
Stop tempting fate; luck runs out eventually.
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Dem cut corner till it ketch dem — everyday bucket go a well.
They cut corners until it caught up with them — it was bound to fail one day.
Origin
A well image: draw water with the same bucket day after day and, in the end, its worn bottom gives way — habit and repetition wear things through.
How it’s used
A warning against pushing your luck or repeating wrongdoing, on the certainty that it will one day fail.