The Nth Penguin
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Idiom: The early bird gets the worm.
- Meaning: Many opportunities are just waiting for the first person to come along and claim them.
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Idiom: The first penguin is the one that gets eaten.
- Meaning: Be careful; sometimes there’s a reason everyone else is waiting.
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Idiom: The last penguin doesn’t get any shrimp.
- Meaning: If you’re too careful, you’re going to miss out on the thing you wanted.
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Idiom: Be the second penguin.
- Meaning: For a good opportunity, find someone who did it wrong and improve on their method.
- Idiom: Be the (n+1)th penguin, where n is the predicted number of seals.
- Meaning: Even the second penguin can get eaten.
- Idiom: Be the ((prob.nearby * prob.hungry * num.seals)+1)th penguin.
- Meaning: Math can be handy, if you do it quickly enough that you haven’t already missed all of the shrimp and quite a bit of the tobogganing and other penguin shenanigans.
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