there's a sucker born every minute

English

Proverb

there's a sucker born every minute

1. (US, slang) There is a great number of fools in the world who can be easily swindled, and there always will be.

Alternative forms

• a sucker is born every minute

Translations

Translations

• Portuguese: nasce um otário a cada minuto (literally “a sucker is born at every minute”)
• Russian: дурако́в не се́ют, не жнут — са́ми родя́тся (durakóv ne séjut, ne žnut — sámi rodjátsja, literally “fools are not sown or reaped – they come into the world themselves”)

See also

• a fool and his money are soon parted
• nobody ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American people