In English
“cat and dog don't have the same luck”
Meaning
'Puss an dawg nuh hav di same luck' — the cat and the dog do not have the same luck. Different people meet with different fortunes, the proverb observes: what works out for one may not work out for another, and no two lives run to the same fate. So do not expect your outcome to match someone else's just because your situations look alike, and do not fall into envy or false hope by measuring your luck against another's. Each creature, and each person, has its own portion, and one's fortune is never simply another's.
Examples
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It work fi him but nuh guarantee it work fi yuh; puss an dawg nuh hav di same luck.
It worked for him but that's no guarantee for you; different people, different fortunes.
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Two a wi try di same ting an get different result — puss an dawg nuh hav di same luck.
Two of us tried the same thing and got different results — the cat and dog don't share the same luck.
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Nuh vex dat him get weh an yuh get ketch; puss an dawg nuh hav di same luck.
Don't be upset that he got away and you got caught; fortune isn't shared equally.
Origin
A household-animal image: cat and dog live in the same yard yet fare very differently — a figure for how fortune varies from person to person.
How it’s used
Used to explain why the same action brings different results for different people.