you can't catch old birds with chaff

English

Etymology

Referencing a quotation of Miguel de Cervantes: "You must not think, sir, to catch old birds with chaff."

Proverb

you can't catch old birds with chaff

  1. The wisest and the most experienced cannot be easily deceived.
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.