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you attract more flies with honey than vinegar

you attract more flies with honey than vinegar is the alternative form of you can catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

Meaning of you can catch more flies with honey than with vinegar

Proverb

you can catch more flies with honey than with vinegar

  1. It is easier to persuade others with polite requests and a positive attitude rather than with rude demands and negativity.

Questions about you attract more flies with honey than vinegar

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You attract more flies with honey than vinegar is the alternative form of you can catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

Words near you attract more flies with honey than vinegar in the dictionary

  1. you are never too old to learn
  2. you are the doctor
  3. you are welcome
  4. you are what you eat
  5. you ask me, I ask who
  6. you attract more flies with honey than vinegar
  7. you beauty
  8. you bet
  9. you betcha
  10. you better believe it
  11. you break it, you bought it

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