proverb |
old birds are not caught with chaff (an experienced, wise, clever person is not to be enticed, fooled so easily); old birds are not to be caught with chaff; an old bird is not to be caught with chaff; a fox is not taken twice in the same snare; an old fox is not easily snared; no playing with a straw before an old cat; an old bird is not caught by chaff (Leonid Dzhepko); an old bird is not to be caught; experience is the mother of wisdom; experience teaches us wisdom; you don't catch old birds with chaff |