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there's a sucker born every minute

there's a sucker born every minute proverb: there will always be a great number of fools in the world who can be easily swindled.

Proverb

there's a sucker born every minute

  1. (US, slang) There will always be a great number of fools in the world who can be easily swindled.

Synonyms of there's a sucker born every minute

Forms of there's a sucker born every minute

alternative forma sucker is born every minute

Questions about there's a sucker born every minute

What does there's a sucker born every minute mean?
There's a sucker born every minute means there will always be a great number of fools in the world who can be easily swindled.
What part of speech is there's a sucker born every minute?
There's a sucker born every minute is a proverb.

Words near there's a sucker born every minute in the dictionary

  1. there's a good time coming
  2. there's a grain of truth in every joke
  3. there's a lid for every pot
  4. there's a place and time for everything
  5. there's a rotten apple in every barrel
  6. there's a sucker born every minute
  7. there's a thought
  8. there's a time and a place for everything
  9. there's a time and place for everything
  10. there's always a bigger fish
  11. there's been

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