proverb · Words worth keeping
Business opportunities are like buses, there's always another one coming.
Business opportunities are like buses, there's always another one coming.
Historical period not yet established
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Meaning in plain English
The saying compares business opportunities with buses that keep arriving. It offers reassurance through an expectation of another chance.
What the words are saying
Always makes recurrence sound guaranteed. A qualified application can consider alternatives after disappointment without assuming that a suitable opportunity will appear on schedule. The phrase gives no market evidence, affordability assessment or reason to abandon a particular undertaking.
Everyday example
Someone reviews a missed opportunity and explores alternatives without assuming a replacement is certain.
When to use it
Use it as qualified reassurance rather than a financial prediction.
What it does not mean
Another suitable opportunity is not guaranteed; no business or investment advice is supplied.
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
- Not established
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 proverb reference
Supplied reference A; unit 192; PDF page 31
A collection's publication date can be later than the words it records.