Modern vernacular does that with a LOT of adages. Cut off the second half, which completely changes the meaning.
Jack of all trades (and master of none).
Correlation is not causation (but causation requires correlation).
The customer is always right (in matters of taste).
Curiosity killed the cat (but satisfaction brought it back).
The early bird gets the worm (but the second mouse gets the cheese).
Great minds think alike (but fools seldom differ).
Even the “bad apples” one, historically, is “One bad apple will spoil the barrel.”
How long before they sweep it under the rug, given that the undercover officer was NOT, in fact, 14 years old, and therefore “no crime was actually committed”?
Funny the way they omit “spoils the whole barrel”. It’s almost like they want to reverse the meaning of the adage.
Modern vernacular does that with a LOT of adages. Cut off the second half, which completely changes the meaning.
Jack of all trades (and master of none).
Correlation is not causation (but causation requires correlation).
The customer is always right (in matters of taste).
Curiosity killed the cat (but satisfaction brought it back).
The early bird gets the worm (but the second mouse gets the cheese).
Great minds think alike (but fools seldom differ).
Even the “bad apples” one, historically, is “One bad apple will spoil the barrel.”
How long before they sweep it under the rug, given that the undercover officer was NOT, in fact, 14 years old, and therefore “no crime was actually committed”?