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[clynch]

Heard this at a training today. In the USA we say "the squeaky wheel gets the oil". In other words keep flapping your jaws till you get what you want. In China they are more reclusive. Their equivalent saying is "The Quacking duck gets shot". Thought it was worth sharing.

 

[Servant King]

Or, as George Carlin once said, the squeaky wheel is the first to be replaced!

 

[jpmcwjr]

Heard this at a training today. In the USA we say "the squeaky wheel gets the oil". In other words keep flapping your jaws till you get what you want. In China they are more reclusive. Their equivalent saying is "The Quacking duck gets shot". Thought it was worth sharing.

I'd rather get the oil or grease! Somehow, I don't believe those statements are really equivalent. But it does throw some interesting light on our very different cultures.

 

[mawnansmiff]

"The crying Baby Gets the Milk" would seem more of an equivalent maxim.

Regards,

Jay.

 

[sandollars]

 

[cosmicfolklore]

The nail that sticks up gets hammered down.