English
Proverb
there's a sucker born every minute
- (US, slang) There will always be a great number of fools in the world who can be easily swindled.
- Synonym: there's one born every minute
Translations
Translations
- Portuguese: nasce um otário a cada minuto (literally “a sucker is born at every minute”)
- Russian: дурако́в не се́ют, не жнут — са́ми родя́тся (durakóv ne séjut, ne žnut — sámi rodjátsja, literally “fools are not sown or reaped – they come into the world themselves”); лох - не мамонт, лох не вымрет (lox - ne mamont, lox ne vymret)
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