📚 proverb • entry_id 40389
throw enough mud at the wall, some of it will stick
Meanings (ES + gloss)
calumnia, que algo queda
If enough (perhaps false or reckless) accusations are made against a person (or an organization), their reputation will suffer, whether or not this is deserved.
1997, Brent St. Denis, speaking in the Canadian House of Commons, read in Hansard at https://web.archive.org/web/20071104044633/http://www2.parl.gc.ca/HousePublications/Publication…
2004, "bashos_frog" (poster on MetaFilter community weblog), re: Oh, You Mean Those Records read at http://www.metafilter.com/mefi/34530 on 02 Nov 06, The Clinton years proved that…
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