qui trop embrasse mal étreint
French
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editEtymology
editLiterally, “he who embraces too much, clasps poorly”. From Aesop's fable The Goose that Laid the Golden Eggs. Compare Italian chi troppo vuole nulla stringe and Spanish quien mucho abarca, poco aprieta.
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /ki tʁo.p‿ɑ̃.bʁas ma.l‿e.tʁɛ̃/
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Proverb
edit- grasp all, lose all; don't spread yourself thin; don't become a jack of all trades, master of none