the second mouse gets the cheese in English

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Etymology: Referring to a mousetrap with cheese as bait: after a mouse is captured in it, another mouse is able to take the cheese. Head templates: {{en-proverb|head=the second mouse gets the cheese}} the second mouse gets the cheese

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"the second mouse gets the cheese" meaning in English

Proverb