The squeaky wheel gets replaced

Meaning: Constant complainers may be removed rather than accommodated.

Origin: Modern counter-proverb from corporate culture, 20th century.

Translations

• French: Trop de bruit nuit (literally: Too much noise harms)
• Spanish: Al que mucho chilla, le callan (literally: The one who screams a lot gets silenced)
• Japanese: 出る杭は打たれる (Deru kui wa utareru) (literally: The nail that sticks out gets hammered down)

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