Traditional✓ Culturally verified
“Waant aal, lose aal.”
If you want everything you see, you will eventually lose all.
What does “Waant aal, lose aal” mean?
Take just what you can comfortably manage, rather than attempt to grab everything for yourself, lest you destroy all in the process.
English translation
If you want everything you see, you will eventually lose all.
Literal translation
If you want everything you see, you will eventually lose all.
Understanding the expression
Take just what you can comfortably manage, rather than attempt to grab everything for yourself, lest you destroy all in the process.
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Attribution and review
Traditional Jamaican proverb