Meaning
Whatever trouble, loss, or hardship falls on one person today may fall on you tomorrow — everyone gets their turn, so show compassion. Today it is my burden or my death; tomorrow it will be yours. A proverb urging humility and sympathy: don't gloat at another's misfortune, for the wheel turns and your turn comes.
Examples
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Nuh laugh after him loss — tiday fi mi, tomorow fi yuh.
Don't laugh at his loss — today it's him, tomorrow it could be you.
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Help di grievin family; tiday fi mi, tomorow fi yuh.
Help the grieving family; everyone gets their turn to suffer.
Origin
A traditional proverb (with funeral/graveyard associations); everyone's turn comes. See [[rain-nuh-fall-a-one-man-door]], [[dead-yard]].
How it’s used
Everyone gets their turn at hardship; show compassion, don't gloat. See [[rain-nuh-fall-a-one-man-door]].