the second mouse gets the cheese
Meanings
proverb
- Others reap the advantages after a first mover absorbs the loss of a first-mover disadvantage.
Word forms
Etymology
Referring to a mousetrap with cheese as bait: after a mouse is captured in it, another mouse is able to take the cheese.
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