Come with the Wind, go with the water. 
Proverbs on a similar topic
- Easy come, easy go.
- As you make your bed, so you must lie on it.
- The labourer is worthy of his hire.
- As you bake so shall you eat.
- He who greases his wheels helps his oxen.
- As you sow you shall mow.
- The cow knows not What her tail is worth till she hath lost it.
- Mills will not grind if you give them not water.
- A toiling dog comes halting home.
- Sow thin and mow thin.
Related proverbs
Similar proverbs in the same language
English
- Lightly gained, quickly lost.
Similar proverbs in another language
Latin
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Lucrum, quod cito acquiritur, cito expenditur.
A profit that is quickly acquired is quickly spent.
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Quidquid facile obtinemus, facile spernimus.
Whatever we obtain easily, we discard easily.
French
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Le bien mal acquis ne profite jamais.
Ill-gotten gains never pay off.
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Ce qui vient de la flûte, s'en retourne au tambour.
What comes from the flute, goes back to the drum.
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Jean s'en alla comme il était venu.
Jean left as he had come.
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Ce qui vient par la flûte, s'en retourne par le tambour.
What comes through the flute, returns through the drum.
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Aussitôt gagné aussitôt dépensé.
No sooner earned than spent.
German
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Leichter Gewinn ist bald dahin.
Easy profit is soon gone.
Czech
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Lehce nabyl, lehce pozbyl.
Lightly gained, lightly lost.
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Co se lehce nabude, snadno se pozbude.
What is easily gained is easily lost.
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Lehké nabytí čert brzo uchytí.
Light acquisition the devil soon takes hold.