proverb · Words worth keeping
A turkey never voted for an early Christmas.
A turkey never voted for an early Christmas.
Historical period not yet established
Understand the thought
Meaning in plain English
A turkey not voting for an early Christmas gives a choice an image of opposing one’s own severe disadvantage. The saying highlights interests behind a decision.
What the words are saying
The precise traditional context is unverified. A qualified human reading asks who bears the consequences of a proposal without assuming self-interest is the only motive. It supplies no animal-behaviour finding or universal prediction of how someone will vote.
Everyday example
A group asks how a proposal affects different participants instead of assuming everyone benefits equally.
When to use it
Use it as a qualified interests-and-consequences image.
What it does not mean
No animal finding or inevitable voting behaviour is established.
Agent-assisted editorial interpretation. This explains the words; it does not by itself verify their author or earliest origin.
Attribution & collection notes
- Author or tradition
- Traditional
Attribution: traditional - Country attributed
Ireland
A country attribution does not establish the earliest origin.- Historical period
- Historical period not yet established
No sufficiently supported historical placement has been established. Import and download dates are not treated as composition dates. - Recorded source
- Contributor-provided wisdom reference (2014 AD)
Supplied reference B; unit 832; PDF page 74; collection label: Ireland
A collection's publication date can be later than the words it records.
- Culture
- Ireland