if you run after two hares, you will catch neither
if you run after two hares, you will catch neither
proverb If you try to do two things at once, you will fail. 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 run after two hares, you will catch neither?
See also: after, catch, if, neither, run, two, will
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
If you run after two hares, you will catch neither.
Prov. You cannot do two things successfully at the same time. Vanessa: If I want to pursue my acting career, I'll have to take more days off to go to auditions. But I want to get ahead in the office, too. Jane: If you run after two hares, you will catch neither.
See also: after, catch, if, neither, run, two, will
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