"a rolling stone gathers no moss" meaning in English

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Proverb

IPA: /ə ˈɹol.ɪŋ stoʊn ˈɡæð.əɹz noʊ mɔs/ [General-American] Audio: En-us-a rolling stone gathers no moss.ogg [US], LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-a rolling stone gathers no moss.wav [Southern-England]
Head templates: {{head|en|proverb|head=a rolling stone gathers no moss}} a rolling stone gathers no moss, {{en-proverb|head=a rolling stone gathers no moss}} a rolling stone gathers no moss
  1. A person who never settles in one place will never be successful. Translations (a person who never settles in one place will never be successful): 滾石不生苔 (Chinese Mandarin), 滚石不生苔 (gǔn shí bù shēng tái) (Chinese Mandarin), der gror ikke mos på rullesten (Danish), een rollende steen vergaart geen mos (Dutch), vierivä kivi ei sammaloidu (Finnish), pierre qui roule n’amasse pas mousse (French), λίθος κυλινδόμενος το φυκος ου ποιεί (líthos kylindómenos to fykos ou poieí) (Greek), 転石苔むさず (tenseki koke musazu) (alt: てんせきこけむさず) (Japanese), 우물을 파도 한 우물을 파라 (umureul pado han umureul para) (Korean), saxum volutum non obducitur musco (Latin), pedra que rola não cria limo (Portuguese), cha chinn còinneach air clach an udalain (Scottish Gaelic), piedra que rueda no prende musgo (Spanish), piedra que rueda no cría moho (Spanish), piedra movediza nunca moho la cobija (Spanish), hombre de muchos oficios pobre seguro (Spanish), el que viaja no produce pero sí gasta (Spanish), ஒரு இடத்தில் இல்லாதவன் ஜெயிக்க மாட்டார் (oru iṭattil illātavaṉ jeyikka māṭṭār) (Tamil)
    Sense id: en-a_rolling_stone_gathers_no_moss-en-proverb-Ydh9kAzV Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English proverbs, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 53 47 Disambiguation of English proverbs: 50 50 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 46 54 Disambiguation of 'a person who never settles in one place will never be successful': 78 22
  2. A person must keep active in order to avoid stagnating.
    Sense id: en-a_rolling_stone_gathers_no_moss-en-proverb-klaY1bPb Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English proverbs, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 53 47 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 38 62 Disambiguation of English proverbs: 50 50 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 46 54
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: a rolling stone gathers momentum (alt: antiproverb), let the grass grow under one's feet

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