English Explanatory Dictionary

you can't catch old birds with chaff

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Word forms

you can't catch old birds with chaff

Etymology

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

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