No cup no broke, no coffee no dash weh

proverb no CUP no BROKE, no CAF-fi no DASH weh no kʌp no broːk no ˈkafi no daʃ wɛ

Also spelled nuh-cup-nuh-broke, no cup no broke no coffee no throw away

No harm has been done and there is no falling out — everything is fine, nothing lost. If no cup got broken and no coffee got thrown away, then no real damage occurred. Said to smooth things over after a near-quarrel or a small mishap: it's all good, we're still cool.

  • Wi had a likkle argument but wi sort it out — no cup no broke, no coffee no dash weh.

    We had a little argument but sorted it out — no harm done, no falling out.

  • Him apologise, so no cup no broke.

    He apologised, so everything's fine between us.

A traditional proverb; if no cup broke and no coffee spilled, no harm was done. See [[cool-nuh]], [[low-di-ting]].

No harm done, no falling out; smoothing things over. See [[cool-nuh]], [[low-di-ting]].