English / proverb
Leave with the One Who Brung You
MEANING IN ENGLISH
An idiomatic proverb stressing unyielding loyalty to the spouse, comrade, or mentor who helped launch your life.
In context
01
On their golden wedding anniversary, the retired judge took his wife's wrinkled hand and said, 'I will always leave with the one who brung you.'
02
Looking back with clear conscience and quiet joy requires knowing you chose to leave with the one who brung you.
Synonyms
remain fiercely loyal,stick with your original partner,honor foundational commitments
Antonyms
abandon your foundational partner,turn ungrateful,discard old benefactors
Collocations
choose to leave with the one who brung you,pledge to leave with the one who brung you,always leave with the one who brung you