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What's the difference between 'Anywhere' and 'Everywhere' in this context?
"Flattery will get you anywhere!"
"Flattery will get you everywhere!"
Which expression is more common and natural to you?
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<<"Flattery will get you anywhere!" >>
I don't hear this one much, You might more often hear: "Flattery won't get you anywhere!"
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yeah i agree with the above poster, anywhere is most often used as a synonym of 'Nowhere' thus "flattery will get you nowhere" and "flattery won't get you anywhere" have the exact same meaning.
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Don't you mean an antonym, since you have to negate the verb to get the same meaning? But you could say that "get nowhere" and "not get anywhere" are synonymous.
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I usually hear: "Flattery will get you anywhere"
that is also the one I am most likely to use
'everywhere' sounds odd to me, because one isn't trying necessarily to get 'everywhere' with flattery...just to one specific end (i.e. an 'anywhere')
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But "anywhere" isn't a specific place. Indeed, it is explicitly non-specific. I would only use "anywhere" this way if I'm being humorous. Of course, there's nothing wrong with being humorous, as long as it's not inappropriate for the situation.
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