jump on the bandwagon

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US 1899. A bandwagon carried the musicians at the head of a parade or at a political rally, beckoning others to follow. When used to refer to politics, jumping on the bandwagon suggests following the crowd for the excitement of the event rather than any firm conviction in its direction or truthfulness. The phrase is first attested in a letter by Theodore Roosevelt in 1899: : When I once became sure of one majority they rumbled over each other to get aboard the band wagon.

15 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Danish: hoppe på — to profit from a craze
• Danish: springe på — to profit from a craze
• Danish: (med) på vognen — to profit from a craze
• Finnish: hypätä kyytiin — to profit from a craze
• French: prendre le train en marche — to profit from a craze
• French: suivre le mouvement — to profit from a craze
• German: auf den Zug aufspringen — to profit from a craze
• Irish: dul faoi uisce an cheatha — to profit from a craze
• Italian: saltare sul carro dei vincitori — to profit from a craze
• Norwegian: kaste seg på lasset — to profit from a craze
• Portuguese: entrar na onda — to profit from a craze
• Russian: примазаться (primazatʹsja) — to profit from a craze
• Serbo-Croatian: pridružiti se — to profit from a craze
• Spanish: subirse al carro — to profit from a craze
• Swedish: hoppa på tåget — to profit from a craze