Définition et Signification de "you cannot catch old birds with chaff"

you cannot catch old birds with chaff

PHRASE

used to imply that experienced or wise individuals cannot be easily fooled or misled by things of little or no value

Proverb

Example

The seasoned politician scoffed at the young upstart's superficial promises, muttering that you can not catch old birds with chaff, as he knew from experience that voters were not easily swayed by empty rhetoric.

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Mots Proches

you cannot always get what you want

you can say that again

you can put lipstick on a pig but it is still a pig

you can only die once so do not die a thousand times worrying about it

you can never tell

you cannot get a quart into a pint pot

you cannot keep a good man down

you cannot lose what you never had

you cannot make a silk purse out of a sow's ear

you cannot make bricks without straw

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Définition et Signification de "you cannot catch old birds with chaff"

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