go to the well too often

Keep calling on the same resource after it has been exhausted. This expression is a modern version of an ancient proverb, appearing in various ways and numerous languages from the fourteenth century on. Thomas Fuller (Gnomologia, 1732) put it, “The pitcher that often goes to the well comes home broken at last.”

词组	go to the well too often
释义	go to the well too often go to the well too often Keep calling on the same resource after it has been exhausted. This expression is a modern version of an ancient proverb, appearing in various ways and numerous languages from the fourteenth century on. Thomas Fuller (Gnomologia, 1732) put it, “The pitcher that often goes to the well comes home broken at last.” See also: go, often, well The Dictionary of Clichés by Christine Ammer See also: teach a man to fish it takes a village village best-laid plans go astray, the the best-laid plans the best-laid plans go astray the best-laid plans of mice and men casu consulto an apple a day (keeps the doctor away) for want of a nail
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