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squeaky wheel gets the grease — (USA) When people say that the squeaky wheel gets the grease, they mean that the person who complains or protests the loudest attracts attention and service … The small dictionary of idiomes
the squeaky wheel gets the grease — the person who complains loudest gets service Our clerks put up this sign: The squeaky wheel gets the grease! … English idioms
squeaky wheel gets the grease — (USA) When people say that the squeaky wheel gets the grease, they mean that the person who complains or protests the loudest attracts attention and service. (Dorking School Dictionary) … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
a/the squeaky wheel gets the grease/oil — see ↑wheel, 1 • • • Main Entry: ↑squeaky a/the squeaky wheel gets the grease/oil used to say that someone who complains or causes problems is more likely to receive attention or help than someone who stays quiet and does not cause problems • • •… … Useful english dictionary
the squeaking wheel gets the grease — Attention is only given to a troublesome person or thing. a 1937 in J. Bartlett Familiar Quotations 518 The wheel that squeaks the loudest Is the one that gets the grease. 1948 in B. Stevenson Home Book of Proverbs 2483 I hate to be a kicker, I… … Proverbs new dictionary
Squeaky wheel — The squeaky wheel is a metaphor in the aphorism, It is the squeaky wheel that gets the oil. or ...gets the grease. [ [http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=squeaky%20wheel%20gets%20the%20grease Dictionary reference.com] ] The adage conveys the … Wikipedia
grease — 01. I wiped the [grease] off my bicycle with an old rag I found in the basement. 02. The gas station can use any old clothing or blankets you don t want as rags for cleaning up [grease] and oil. 03. Putting kitchen [grease] down your household… … Grammatical examples in English
attention — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Direction of the mind toward Nouns 1. attention, mindfulness, intentness, attentiveness, thought, thoughtfulness, advertence, attention to detail, care, special consideration; observance, observation,… … English dictionary for students
Josh Billings — was the pen name of humorist born Henry Wheeler Shaw (20 April 1818 – 14 October 1885). He was perhaps the second most famous humor writer and lecturer in the United States in the second half of the 19th century after Mark Twain, although his… … Wikipedia
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