Wins on Sunday, sells on Monday
Meaning: Quick early success often masks underlying weakness, inviting premature confidence before true durability is proven.
Origin: A saying from the American car industry of the 1950s and '60s: a car that won the Sunday stock-car race drew buyers to showrooms the next day. It captured why manufacturers poured money into racing.
More proverbs about Wisdom
- You can't be half pregnant — A condition either exists completely or not at all; commitment cannot be partial or ambig…
- You can't make a silk purse of a sow's ear — Inferior materials cannot be transformed into superior products through effort alone.
- You can't run with the hare and hunt with the hounds — Loyalty to opposing sides simultaneously is impossible; you must choose which faction to…
- You don't dip your pen in company ink — Romantic entanglements with colleagues create workplace conflicts and jeopardize professi…
- You don't miss the water till the well runs dry — We overlook what sustains us until deprivation forces us to recognize its true value.
- Absence cools moderate passions, and inflames violent ones. — Distance fades mild affections but makes intense ones burn all the hotter.
From our compliments & insults
- Joli comme un cœur — Utterly charming or adorable.
- Tu as un cœur d'or — You are genuinely kind and generous.
- Tu déchires — You're awesome — you totally rock.