| 单词 | waste not, want not |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswaste not, want not P3. Proverb. waste not, want not: (used as an admonition) if one uses a commodity or resource carefully and without extravagance or waste, one will never be in need. Cf. earlier wilful waste makes woeful want at want adj. and n.2 Phrases 3. ΚΠ 1778 Monthly Rev. Mar. 212 The kitchen..[has] this significant motto over the chimney, Waste not, want not. 1856 Morning Post 27 Dec. 4/5 Waste not, want not, is a maxim which ought to be inculcated and practised in every household. 1937 Rhode Island: Guide to Smallest State (Federal Writers' Project) ii. 210 Social intercourse was maintained without severely taxing the purse, as ‘waste not, want not’ was a maxim practically enforced. 2003 Scots Mag. Feb. 136/2 I grew up in Bathgate during the years of rationing and shortages so it was very much a case of ‘waste not want not’. < as lemmas |
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