Meaning
'Scornful dawg nyam dutty pudding' — the scornful dog ends up eating the dirty pudding. Someone too proud or choosy, who turns up their nose at what is offered, often ends up in the end with the very worst, the proverb warns. Pride and disdain lead to a fall: the one who scorns the good on offer today may be reduced to taking the poorest scraps tomorrow. It is a sharp caution against fussiness and haughtiness, teaching that turning down what you have may leave you glad, later, of far less.
Examples
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She refuse every good man an now she alone; scornful dawg nyam dutty pudding.
She refused every good man and now she's alone; the choosy one ends up with the worst.
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Nuh too scornful, for scornful dawg nyam dutty pudding.
Don't be too disdainful, because pride leads to a fall.
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Him turn dung di job, now him beg — scornful dawg nyam dutty pudding.
He turned down the job, now he's begging — the scornful end up worst off.
Origin
A dog image: the dog too scornful to eat what it is first offered goes hungry until it is glad of even the dirtiest scraps — disdain punished by circumstance.
How it’s used
A warning against being too proud, choosy, or disdainful, lest you end up with far less than what you scorned.