if you chase two rabbits, you will not catch either one
if you chase two rabbits, you will not catch either one
proverb If you try to accomplish or pursue two different things at once, you will fail at both. You can't look for that file and dictate a message at the same time. Didn't your mother ever tell you that if you chase two rabbits, you will not catch either one? The government is trying to cut taxes while simultaneously expanding public amenities. But if you chase two rabbits, you will not catch either one.
See also: catch, chase, either, if, not, one, two, will
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