The early bird catches the worm.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
The early bird gets the worm. The early worm... gets eaten.
Sometimes the early bird gets the worm, but sometimes the early bird gets frozen to death.
The early bird may get the worm, but its the second mouse that gets the cheese.
I think we consider too much the good luck of the early bird and not enough the bad luck of the early worm.
God gives every bird his worm, but He does not throw it into the nest.
I feel like I just grabbed a big juicy worm with a right sharp hook in the middle of it.
In software systems it is often the early bird that makes the worm.
If one bird foraging in a flock on the ground suddenly takes off, all other birds will take off immediately after, before they even know what's going on. The one who stays behind may be prey.
If you stay with this game long enough, the worm is bound to turn.
The message is not so much that the worms will inherit the Earth, but that all things play a role in nature, even the lowly worm.
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