Saturday, 5 November 2016

"If You Can't Beat 'em, Join 'em."

Saturday Proverb:

Proverb: "If you can't beat 'em, join 'em."





Meaning: 
Said when you accept that you cannot be as successful as other people without doing what they do, even though you do not approve of or agree with it

History / Interesting Fact:
This was first recorded by the American writer Quentin Reynolds in 'The Wounded Don't Cry' (1941). 
There is a similar old political adage which says 'If you can't lick 'em, join 'em.' 

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