what do you learn from this proverb?

Question

The early bird gets the worm. However, the early worm gets caught.

What lesson can you get out of these arguments?

Answer 1

How do you know it was the early worm? How come it isn't the worm that came home a little too late?

Answer 2

I think the proverb originally said "The early bird catches the worm" implying of course that tardiness is a bad thing and early people gain more approval in our society.

The quote you said was an edited version "The early bird catches the early worm"

What it means is that experience will teach you that the worms come every now and then and there is abolutely no need to come early. The early ones get the early worms and the late ones get the correspondingly tardy worms.

ERGO- there is no lesson. People made that up in the olden days where coming early was appreciated by all. This generation either come on time or five minutes before or after.
Nowadays, when people come 30 minutes before the time you expect them, you get annoyed because they are too early.
Earliness is only appreciated in the workplace. There is an expectation of being able to get more work from you that way, and employers always want freebies,

Answer 3

I don't think that worms have a concept of time and therefore cannot be 'early' anywhere.

Answer 4

u can always make a wise crack to a saying. i would perfer to be the bigger animal with the longer life span. there is another saying the second mouse gets the cheese.

Answer 5

What's good for one person, isn't good for the next.