After a sudden sales uptick, the manager warned the team that one swallow doesn't make a spring.

When it came to basic reasoning, his neighbors often joked that his driveway doesn't go all the way to the road.

It's frustrating when he goes around thinking one's shit doesn't stink.

Nobody wants to argue with Linda because she thinks one's shit doesn't stink and dismisses every suggestion out of hand.

My grandmother always quotes the proverb 'I want doesn't get' to teach me that impolite demands rarely work.