Other times other manners proverb
Different generations or eras have different customs and conventions
My parents find kissing someone is unacceptable at 16, but I think it's totally fine. It's true that other times, other manners.
A: I don't get it—why did my son love dying his hair like that? B: Other times, other manners, you know.
The origin of this proverb is not clear.
If you swallow the bait, you take something that someone offers you, or agree to do something that someone asks you to do without knowing that it is a trick or way of getting something from you.
You can't just do whatever he wants you to do. Don't swallow the bait.