you can't catch old birds with chaff

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Referenced a quote by Miguel de Cervantes, "You must not think, sir, to catch old birds with chaff"

Proverb[edit]

you can't catch old birds with chaff

  1. The wisest and the most experienced cannot be easily deceived.
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