if you can't beat them, join them
English
editProverb
editif you can't beat them, join them
- If one's adversaries are stronger, it is better to join their side.
- 1985 August 24, “Will You Marry Me? (personal advertisement)”, in Gay Community News, volume 13, number 7, page 17:
- GWM seeks gay female for liberal marriage. If you can't beat them, join them!
Translations
editif your adversaries are stronger than you, it is better to join their side
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References
edit- Gregory Y. Titelman, Random House Dictionary of Popular Proverbs and Sayings, 1996, →ISBN, p. 159.