"grasp all, lose all" meaning in All languages combined

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Proverb [English]

Head templates: {{en-proverb}} grasp all, lose all
  1. One who wants everything may lose it all. Related terms: bite off more than one can chew Translations (one who wants everything, may lose it all): qui molt abraça, poc estreny (Catalan), qui molt abraça i poc estreny pateix de poc seny (Catalan), 貪字得個貧 (Chinese Cantonese), 贪字得个贫 (taam¹ zi⁶ dak¹ go³ pan⁴) (Chinese Cantonese), 貪多必失 (Chinese Mandarin), 贪多必失 (tānduōbìshī) (Chinese Mandarin), 欲盡得,必盡失 (Chinese Mandarin), 欲尽得 (Chinese Mandarin), 必尽失 (yù jǐn dé, bì jǐn shī) (Chinese Mandarin), 樣樣都要,全數失掉 (Chinese Mandarin), 样样都要 (Chinese Mandarin), 全数失掉 (yàngyàng dōuyào, quánshù shīdiào) (Chinese Mandarin), joka kuuseen kurkottaa, se katajaan kapsahtaa (Finnish), parempi pyy pivossa kuin kymmenen oksalla (Finnish), qui trop embrasse mal étreint (French), aki sokat markol, keveset fog (Hungarian), chi troppo vuole nulla stringe (Italian), 二兎を追う者は一兎をも得ず (nito o ou mono wa itto o mo ezu) (Japanese), 欲の熊鷹股裂く (yoku no kumataka mata saku) (Japanese), quem tudo quer tudo perde (Portuguese), за двумя́ за́йцами пого́нишься, ни одного́ не пойма́ешь (za dvumjá zájcami pogónišʹsja, ni odnovó ne pojmáješʹ) (Russian), la avaricia rompe el saco (Spanish), quien mucho abarca, poco aprieta (Spanish), den som gapar efter mycket mister ofta hela stycket (Swedish), gapa efter mycket [short-form] (Swedish), tham thì thâm (Vietnamese)
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          "sense": "one who wants everything, may lose it all",
          "word": "欲尽得"
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          "roman": "yù jǐn dé, bì jǐn shī",
          "sense": "one who wants everything, may lose it all",
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          "code": "cmn",
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          "sense": "one who wants everything, may lose it all",
          "word": "样样都要"
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          "code": "cmn",
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          "roman": "yàngyàng dōuyào, quánshù shīdiào",
          "sense": "one who wants everything, may lose it all",
          "word": "全数失掉"
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "one who wants everything, may lose it all",
          "word": "joka kuuseen kurkottaa, se katajaan kapsahtaa"
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "one who wants everything, may lose it all",
          "word": "parempi pyy pivossa kuin kymmenen oksalla"
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          "sense": "one who wants everything, may lose it all",
          "word": "qui trop embrasse mal étreint"
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "one who wants everything, may lose it all",
          "word": "aki sokat markol, keveset fog"
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "one who wants everything, may lose it all",
          "word": "chi troppo vuole nulla stringe"
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          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "nito o ou mono wa itto o mo ezu",
          "sense": "one who wants everything, may lose it all",
          "word": "二兎を追う者は一兎をも得ず"
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          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "yoku no kumataka mata saku",
          "sense": "one who wants everything, may lose it all",
          "word": "欲の熊鷹股裂く"
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          "word": "quem tudo quer tudo perde"
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          "roman": "za dvumjá zájcami pogónišʹsja, ni odnovó ne pojmáješʹ",
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          "sense": "one who wants everything, may lose it all",
          "word": "la avaricia rompe el saco"
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          "sense": "one who wants everything, may lose it all",
          "word": "quien mucho abarca, poco aprieta"
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          "sense": "one who wants everything, may lose it all",
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      "sense": "one who wants everything, may lose it all",
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      "sense": "one who wants everything, may lose it all",
      "word": "樣樣都要,全數失掉"
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      "sense": "one who wants everything, may lose it all",
      "word": "样样都要"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yàngyàng dōuyào, quánshù shīdiào",
      "sense": "one who wants everything, may lose it all",
      "word": "全数失掉"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "one who wants everything, may lose it all",
      "word": "joka kuuseen kurkottaa, se katajaan kapsahtaa"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "one who wants everything, may lose it all",
      "word": "parempi pyy pivossa kuin kymmenen oksalla"
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "one who wants everything, may lose it all",
      "word": "qui trop embrasse mal étreint"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "one who wants everything, may lose it all",
      "word": "aki sokat markol, keveset fog"
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "one who wants everything, may lose it all",
      "word": "chi troppo vuole nulla stringe"
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      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "nito o ou mono wa itto o mo ezu",
      "sense": "one who wants everything, may lose it all",
      "word": "二兎を追う者は一兎をも得ず"
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      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "yoku no kumataka mata saku",
      "sense": "one who wants everything, may lose it all",
      "word": "欲の熊鷹股裂く"
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "one who wants everything, may lose it all",
      "word": "quem tudo quer tudo perde"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "za dvumjá zájcami pogónišʹsja, ni odnovó ne pojmáješʹ",
      "sense": "one who wants everything, may lose it all",
      "word": "за двумя́ за́йцами пого́нишься, ни одного́ не пойма́ешь"
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "one who wants everything, may lose it all",
      "word": "la avaricia rompe el saco"
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "one who wants everything, may lose it all",
      "word": "quien mucho abarca, poco aprieta"
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "one who wants everything, may lose it all",
      "word": "den som gapar efter mycket mister ofta hela stycket"
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      "sense": "one who wants everything, may lose it all",
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      "word": "gapa efter mycket"
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      "sense": "one who wants everything, may lose it all",
      "word": "tham thì thâm"
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