“Ora kabritu yega Punda, oló di chubatu ta mata.”
When the goat reaches Punda, the stench of billy goat kills.
It’s not the gay coat that makes the gentleman.
[Climbing in social status makes one snobby]
Source: 2000 Proverbio i ekspreshon, Spreekwoorden en gezegden, Proverbs by Renée Hendrikse-Rigaud (1994)