Timeline for Are there English proverbs that warn against “speaking up” in front of people?
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| Mar 6, 2017 at 18:57 | answer | added | fixer1234 | timeline score: 0 | |
| Feb 21, 2017 at 15:23 | comment | added | Phil Sweet | There is a whole constellation of stuff developed around the idea of a (malfuntioning) "brain mouth filter". | |
| Feb 20, 2017 at 21:30 | comment | added | Mitch | Just to be clear, if you hadn't excluded it, the very well known "silence is golden" would be the right answer? | |
| Jun 21, 2016 at 4:02 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackEnglish/status/745104503658053632 | ||
| Jun 19, 2016 at 12:53 | comment | added | Strawberry | I'm afraid I think you've misunderstood your first proverb. It roughly translates as 'even an idiot gets lucky sometimes' | |
| Jun 18, 2016 at 0:34 | comment | added | Disillusioned | The first proverb in the question doesn't sound much like it has to do with speaking up. It bears more similarity with the English: "Curiosity killed the cat." | |
| Jun 16, 2016 at 18:14 | answer | added | user819490 | timeline score: 6 | |
| Jun 16, 2016 at 16:46 | history | protected | user140086 | ||
| Jun 16, 2016 at 15:42 | answer | added | Jim | timeline score: 0 | |
| Jun 16, 2016 at 9:13 | answer | added | user85627 | timeline score: 4 | |
| Jun 15, 2016 at 23:41 | history | edited | Yoichi Oishi | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jun 15, 2016 at 21:55 | answer | added | Chloe | timeline score: 2 | |
| Jun 15, 2016 at 21:00 | answer | added | Skooba - Stands Against AI | timeline score: 5 | |
| Jun 15, 2016 at 16:52 | answer | added | Kevin Workman | timeline score: 3 | |
| Jun 15, 2016 at 13:21 | answer | added | Simba | timeline score: 4 | |
| Jun 15, 2016 at 13:07 | comment | added | Fattie | Hey @YoichiOishi i think you may have used slightly the wrong phrase with "gagging of free speech" ... that phrase 'free speech' tends to imply "political" speech don't you think? I feel the essence of what you are asking is more the situation where - oh - say in office politics, it's often better to just shut up! (there's no "political" aspect there.) | |
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| Jun 15, 2016 at 11:27 | history | edited | Yoichi Oishi | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jun 15, 2016 at 9:47 | answer | added | oerkelens | timeline score: 8 | |
| Jun 15, 2016 at 9:32 | comment | added | Yoichi Oishi | ＠Ｍari-Lou. I roughly and wrongly memorized "No question .." mentioned by Medica. Anyway I think this line is very close to my favorite Japanese saying - Asking a question is a momentary shame. Not asking question is a lifetime shame. I buy this English version as the most favorite remedy for the frustration for getting a down /close vote. whichever it is reasonable or unreasonable. | |
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| Jun 15, 2016 at 6:50 | comment | added | Mari-Lou A | I wonder if there is a proverb that talks about a person who receives a significant amount of consensus and praise, awards and acclaims but tends to focus their attention on a single negative episode or criticism. | |
| Jun 15, 2016 at 6:16 | history | edited | Yoichi Oishi | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jun 15, 2016 at 6:01 | comment | added | Yoichi Oishi | @Mazura.Dan Bron gave "The nail which sticks up gets pownded down, " which is very close to Japanese one and said it's originated in the East. | |
| Jun 15, 2016 at 4:50 | review | Close votes | |||
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| Jun 15, 2016 at 4:33 | comment | added | Mazura | Are there counterpart English expressions to Japanese proverb, "the nail that pops up is always hammered down? | |
| Jun 15, 2016 at 4:32 | comment | added | Mazura | Possible duplicate of What is the word for a group holding back one of its members trying to rise above the group? | |
| Jun 15, 2016 at 1:18 | answer | added | k1eran | timeline score: 11 | |
| Jun 15, 2016 at 0:41 | history | edited | Dan Bron | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jun 15, 2016 at 0:40 | history | edited | Mitch | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jun 15, 2016 at 0:19 | answer | added | anongoodnurse | timeline score: 56 | |
| Jun 14, 2016 at 23:01 | answer | added | Dan Bron | timeline score: 78 | |
| Jun 14, 2016 at 22:49 | history | asked | Yoichi Oishi | CC BY-SA 3.0 |