"all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy" meaning in English

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Proverb

Head templates: {{head|en|proverb|head=}} all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy, {{en-proverb}} all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy
  1. Too much focus on one's career may lead to one being uninteresting company.
    Sense id: en-all_work_and_no_play_makes_Jack_a_dull_boy-en-proverb-RnhwBWB7 Categories (other): English proverbs Disambiguation of English proverbs: 48 52
  2. Too much hard work and not enough leisure time can be unhealthy. Translations (too much hard work): 只工作不玩耍,聰明的孩子也變傻 (Chinese Mandarin), 只工作不玩耍 (Chinese Mandarin), 聪明的孩子也变傻 (zhǐ gōngzuò bù wánshuǎ, cōngmíng de háizi yě biàn shǎ) (Chinese Mandarin), de boog kan niet altijd gespannen zijn (Dutch), 't is een slecht dorp waar het nooit kermis is (Dutch), η πολλή δουλειά τρώει τον αφέντη (i pollí douleiá tróei ton afénti) (Greek), nie samą pracą żyje człowiek (Polish), мешай дело с бездельем, проживешь век с весельем (mešaj delo s bezdelʹjem, proživešʹ vek s veselʹjem) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-all_work_and_no_play_makes_Jack_a_dull_boy-en-proverb-1qXXCs06 Categories (other): English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English proverbs, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 43 57 Disambiguation of English proverbs: 48 52 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 32 68 Disambiguation of 'too much hard work': 29 71

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