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English / proverb

Leave with the One That Brung You

MEANING IN ENGLISH

A dialectal expression teaching unyielding gratitude and fidelity to one's initial roots and backers.

In context

01

A man's moral legacy is measured by whether he chose to leave with the one that brung you through every storm.

02

Elders continually reminded the newly successful entrepreneur to leave with the one that brung you.

Synonyms

cherish your origin,maintain moral fidelity,honor your foundation

Antonyms

turn coat,desert original partners,become treacherous

Collocations

pledge to leave with the one that brung you,advise to leave with the one that brung you,always leave with the one that brung you

Sources

Bidyazo vocabulary library ↗