" Let's study that sentence more carefully. ( The early bird gets the worm but the second mouse gets the cheese )
*** " The early bird gets the worm " is a famous saying. " The early bird " is a person not a bird who wakes up early. " Worm" of course just bird likes but if you are an early - bird, you will get more success or more money or more of the good things in life. So, if you're not an early-bird , you can't get your worms.
*** The second half is a little joke " The second mouse gets the cheese. " Imagine a mouse getting cheese out of the trap ...when it pulls it out ..."snap!!" ...the mouse is gone. It's the second mouse ...it coming along and takes the cheese!
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*** Practice does not make perfect. Perfect practice...