you attract more flies with honey than vinegar
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.38 in modern English
68
Scrabble Score
39
Letters
6
Syllables
18
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "She would call her mother in tears, and Mom would comfort and console her, then suggest that Amy simply try to be nicer to Ted: "You attract more flies with honey than vinegar," she would counsel."
- "You may have gotten attention in high school by being the class heckler, but chances are your semi-rude behavior will not be appreciated by your classmates or your professors. Plus, as the old adage goes, you attract more flies with honey than vinegar."
- "You attract more flies with honey than vinegar. You resolve more disputes with professionalism and communication than with irritability and vitriol."