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you catch more flies with honey than vinegar

you catch 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 catch more flies with honey than vinegar

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

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

  1. you cannot break a stick in a bundle
  2. you cannot break a twig in a bundle
  3. you cannot break sticks in a bundle
  4. you cannot please everyone
  5. you cannot put the same shoe on every foot
  6. you catch more flies with honey than vinegar
  7. you catch more flies with honey than with vinegar
  8. you could cut the air with a knife
  9. you could cut the atmosphere with a knife
  10. you could have fooled me
  11. you couldn't make it up

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