if one sheep leaps over the ditch, all the rest will follow
if one sheep leaps over the ditch, all the rest will follow
proverb If one person takes a dangerous or foolhardy risk, others are apt to follow. Of course all the boys had to try that dangerous ramp at the skateboard park once Billy did. If one sheep leaps over the ditch, all the rest will follow. One hedge fund saw tremendous profit from the sale of subprime mortgages, so it was no surprise that pretty soon it became the trendy new practice throughout the financial market. If one sheep leaps over the ditch, all the rest will follow.
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
- a man's got to do what a man's got to do
- the female of the species is more deadly than the male
- female of the species is more deadly than the male
- get mixed up with (someone)
- be mixed up with (someone)
- be/get mixed up with somebody
- he that would go to sea for pleasure would go to hell for a pastime
- He that would go to sea for pleasure, would go to hell for a pastime
- pastime
- You don't change horses in the middle of the race.