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never give a sucker an even break
never give a sucker an even break
Don't allow a person who's easily duped a fair chance, as in He's always trying to give out expired coupons for his store, firmly believing in never giving a sucker an even break . Probably a direct quotation, it has been attributed to showman P. T. Barnum (responsible for the oft-quoted "There's a sucker born every minute"); and comedian W. C. Fields (who popularized it in one of his films); and theater manager Edward Francis Albee, the most probable of the three. [Slang; early 1900s]
Common Names:
Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
Jacinth | | JAY-sinth, JAS-inth | English (Rare) |
Cyneric | | - | Anglo-Saxon |
Padrig | | - | Welsh, Breton |
Maimu | | MIE-moo | Estonian |
Edwyn | | ED-win | English (Rare) |
Mirek | | MEE-rek (Polish) | Czech, Slovak, Polish |