Meaning of a nail pulls out another nail (what is it, concept and definition)

What is A nail removes another nail:

The popular saying "One nail takes out another nail" means that a suffering is forgotten as soon as another matter of the same tenor appears and occupies the mind.

The saying is used especially in matters of love, since there is a widespread belief that a new infatuation erases the sorrows produced by the spite of a bad experience. However, it can also apply to other sufferings or concerns.

The saying is very old, but it is still one of the most used sayings today. The general meaning of the saying is included in the following hyperonym: " A pain alleviates another pain, and a love cures another love."

There are different variants of the saying. Among them we can mention the following: "With one nail another is removed", "One nail removes another nail, but love does not remove love" or "One nail starts another".

Other sayings with an equivalent or similar meaning may be the following: "The headache makes the ear forget", "New loves forget old" or "What stains a blackberry, another green discolors it".

The validity of the saying is such that it has been quoted in popular songs, stories, novels and all kinds of speeches, almost always related to love, although not exclusively.

Some artists with songs that are titled this saying or some variation are the reggaeton player Mucho Manolo with Un clavo pulls another , and the interpreters from vallenato, Alfredo Gutiérrez and Darío Gómez with Un clavo pulls another nail and one love pulls another love .

See also:

• Love is paid with love. Works are loves and not good reasons. There is no evil that does not come for good.