Easy come, easy go.
Male partum, male disperit.
Proverbs on a similar topic
- 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.
- Come with the Wind, go with the water.
- 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
- The ebb will fetch off What the tide brings in.
- III gotten, ill spent.
Similar proverbs in another language
Latin
- Male partum, male disperit. Badly born, badly perished.
French
- Qui veut être riche en un an, au bout de six mois est pendu. Whoever wants to be rich in a year, after six months is hanged.
- Ce qui vient du diable retourne au diable. What comes from the devil goes back to the devil.
- Ce qui vient de fric s'en va de frac. What comes from money goes out the window.
- Mal gagné mal dépensé. Badly earned, badly spent.
German
- Wie gewonnen, so zerronnen. Easy come, easy go.
- Leicht gewonnen Geld dauert nicht. Easily won money does not last.
Czech
- Jak nabyl, tak pozbyl. As he acquired, so he disposed.
- Co od čerta přišlo, zas k čertu odešlo. What came from the devil has gone to the devil.
- Statek brzo shromážděný rychle odchází a míjí. The soon to be gathered farmhouse quickly departs and passes by.